The Real Thing (Dizzy Gillespie album) explained

The Real Thing
Type:	Album
Artist:	Dizzy Gillespie
Cover:	The Real Thing (Dizzy Gillespie album).jpg
Released:	1970
Recorded:	1969
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	37:55
Label:	Perception PLP 002
Producer:	Dizzy Gillespie
Chronology:	Dizzy Gillespie
Prev Title:	Cornucopia
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	Portrait of Jenny
Next Year:	1970

The Real Thing is an album by American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring James Moody recorded in 1969 and originally released on the Perception label.^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Mike Longo except as indicated

1. "N'Bani" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 4:05
2. "Matrix" - 4:04
3. "Alligator" - 5:06
4. "Closer" [vocal] / "Closer" [instrumental] (George Davis) - 3:17
5. "Soul Kiss" - 4:07
6. "High on a Cloud" (Fred Norman, Cliff Owens) - 3:20
7. "Summertime" (George Gershwin) - 3:46
8. "Let Me Outta Here" - 5:13
9. "Ding-A-Ling" - 5:03

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
• James Moody - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 5-8 & 10)
• Eric Gale (tracks 1, 6, 7 & 10), George Davis (tracks 2-5, 8 & 9) - guitar
• Mike Longo - piano
• Nate Edmonds - organ (track 6)
• Chuck Rainey (track 6), Phil Upchurch (tracks 2-4, 7 & 8) - electric bass
• Paul West - bass (tracks 1, 5, 7 & 10)
• Otis "Candy" Finch (track 1, 7 & 10), David Lee (tracks 2-5, 8 & 9), Bernard Purdie (track 6) - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.ijc.uidaho.edu/gillespie_dizzy/discography.html University of Idaho Dizzy Gillespie discography