Released 1957 Artist Dizzy Gillespie Producer Norman Granz Genre Jazz | Length 144:02 Release date 1957 Label Verve Records | |
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Recorded April 7 & 8, 1957
plus May 18 & 19, June 6, 1956 and July 8, 1957 (Reissue Compilation)
New York City Birks' Works
(1957) Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith
(1957) Similar Dizzy Gillespie albums, Jazz albums |
Dizzy gillespie birks works 1957
Birks' Works is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label. The original album featured 10 tracks and was reissued as Birks Works: The Verve Big Band Sessions, a 2 CD compilation featuring unreleased tracks, alternate takes and tracks from Gillespie's previous 1956 albums Dizzy in Greece and World Statesman.
Contents
- Dizzy gillespie birks works 1957
- Reception
- Track listing
- Original LP Release
- CD Compilation Reissue
- On original LP and CD Compilation Reissue Disc One tracks 18 19 and Disc Two tracks 1 21
- On CD Compilation Reissue Disc One tracks 1 17
- On CD Compilation Reissue Disc Two tracks 22 23
- Songs
- References
Reception
The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected the reissue compilation as part of its suggested Core Collection. The Allmusic review awarded the album 5 stars calling it "Essential music".
Track listing
All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated
Original LP Release
Side One:
- "Jordu" (Duke Jordan) - 4:13
- "Birks' Works" - 4:56
- "Umbrella Man" (Vincent Rose, Larry Stock, James Cavanaugh) - 3:02
- "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) - 3:11
- "Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Mercer) - 3:43
Side Two:
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 4:37
- "Yo No Quiero Bailar" (Joe Willoughby) - 4:42
- "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 3:30
- "Left Hand Corner" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:26
- "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson, Leonard Feather) - 5:17
CD Compilation Reissue
Disc One:
- "Dizzy's Business" (Wilkins) - 3:37 Originally released on World Statesman
- "Hey Pete! Let's Eat More Meat" (Gillespie, Buster Harding, Lester Peterson) - 5:39 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
- "Jessica's Day" (Quincy Jones) - 4:50 Originally released on World Statesman
- "Tour de Force" - 5:04 Originally released on World Statesman
- "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 2:55 Originally released on World Statesman
- "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 4:07 Originally released on World Statesman
- "Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) - 3:56 Originally released on World Statesman
- "A Night in Tunisia" - 5:34 Originally released on World Statesman
- "The Champ" - 4:42 Originally released on World Statesman
- "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 3:46 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
- "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Gillespie, Chano Pozo) - 4:17 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
- "Groovin' for Nat" (Wilkins) - 3:21 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
- "My Reverie" (Larry Clinton, Claude Debussy) - 2:52 Originally released on World Statesman
- "Dizzy's Blues" (Ahmad Kharab Salim) - 2:32 Originally released on World Statesman
- "Annie's Dance" (Melba Liston) - 4:05 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
- "Cool Breeze" (Dameron, Billy Eckstine, Gillespie) - 4:55 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
- "School Days" (Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards) - 4:23 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
- "Jordu" (Jordan) - 4:13
- "Yo No Quiero Bailar" (Willoughby) - 4:42
Disc Two:
- "Birk's Works" - 4:56
- "Autumn Leaves" (Kosma, Mercer, Prevert) - 3:11
- "Tangerine" (Mercer, Schertzinger) - 3:43
- "Over the Rainbow" (Arlen, Harburg) - 4:37
- "Umbrella Man" (Cavanaugh, Rose, Stock) - 3:02
- "If You Could See Me Now" (Dameron, Sigman) - 3:30
- "Left Hand Corner" [alternate take] (Wilkins) - 0:13 Previously unreleased
- "Left Hand Corner" [alternate take] (Wilkins) - 2:26 Previously unreleased
- "Left Hand Corner" [alternate take] (Wilkins) - 2:16 Previously unreleased
- "Left Hand Corner" [alternate take] (Wilkins) - 0:10 Previously unreleased
- "Left Hand Corner" [master take] (Wilkins) - 2:22
- "Whisper Not" [alternate take] (Golson, Feather) - 5:52 Previously unreleased
- "Whisper Not [alternate take] (Golson, Feather) - 5:08 Previously unreleased
- "Whisper Not [master take] (Golson, Feather) - 5:17
- "Stablemates" (Golson) - 4:12 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
- "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) - 3:13 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
- "Groovin' High" [master take] - 3:53 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
- "Mayflower Rock" [alternate take] (Lee Brown) - 3:17 Previously unreleased
- "Mayflower Rock" [master take] (Brown) - 3:14 Originally released as 45rpm single B-side
- "Joogie Boogie" - 4:14 Originally released as 45rpm single
- "I Remember Clifford" (Golson) - 4:15
- "You'll Be Sorry" - 2:17 Previously unreleased
- "Wonder Why" (Nicholas Brodszky) - 3:51 Previously unreleased
On original LP and CD Compilation Reissue Disc One, tracks 18 & 19 and Disc Two, tracks 1-21
On CD Compilation Reissue Disc One, tracks 1-17
On CD Compilation Reissue Disc Two, tracks 22 & 23
Songs
1Jordu4:13
2Birk's Works4:57
3Umbrella Man3:02
References
Birks' Works Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA