To Diz with Love explained

To Diz with Love
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Dizzy Gillespie
Cover:	To Diz with Love.jpg
Released:	1992
Recorded:	January 29–31 and February 1, 1992
Venue:	Blue Note Jazz Club, Greenwich Village, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	65:48
Label:	Telarc 83307-25
Chronology:	Dizzy Gillespie
Prev Title:	To Bird with Love
Prev Year:	1992

To Diz with Love is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie with an array of guest stars recorded at the Blue Note in 1992 and released on the Telarc label.^[1] The album, along with To Bird with Love and , represent the last recordings made by the trumpeter before his death in 1993.

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "Although he was no longer up to the competition, the love that these fellow trumpeters had for Gillespie (and some fine solos) makes this historic CD worth getting."^[2]

Track listing

1. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) - 14:31
2. "Confirmation" (Parker) - 10:27
3. "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 12:48
4. "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) - 11:22
5. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Felix Paparelli) - 16:40

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
• Doc Cheatham (track 3), Jon Faddis (track 3), Wynton Marsalis (tracks 2 & 4), Claudio Roditi (tracks 1 & 5), Wallace Roney (tracks 1 & 5), Charlie Sepulveda (track 4), Lew Soloff (unbilled, track 5) - trumpet
• Red Rodney - flugelhorn (track 2)
• Junior Mance - piano
• Peter Washington - bass
• Kenny Washington - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www2.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/To-Diz-With-Love-Live-at-the-Blue-Note/# Concord Music Group website
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 20, 2012