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Released
  
1976

Artist
  
Dizzy Gillespie

Label
  
Savoy Jazz

Length
  
72:20

Release date
  
1976

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
March 1, April 16, August 16 and October 25, 1951 in New York City July 18, 1952 in Chicago

Dee Gee Days The Savoy Sessions (1951-52)
  
The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952-1953 (1952-53)

Similar
  
Dizzy Gillespie albums, Jazz albums

Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions is a compilation album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring performances recorded in 1951 and 1952 and originally released on Gillepie's own Dee Gee label. Many of the tracks were first released as 78 rpm records but were later released on albums including School Days (Regent) and The Champ (Savoy).

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "Instrumentally concise, always with a harmonic depth and technical brilliance that punctuates bebop, and a recording technology enhanced from the '40s, Dee Gee Days will stand forever as one of the most important albums in jazz history, and belongs in every serious -- or whimsical -- jazz lover's collection -- period!"

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

  1. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gillespie, Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) - 2:43
  2. "Birk's Works" - 3:07
  3. "We Love to Boogie" - 2:53
  4. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:42
  5. "Love Me Pretty Baby" (Kenny Clarke) - 3:03
  6. "The Champ" - 5:39
  7. "I'm In a Mess" (A. White, P. White) - 2:13
  8. "School Days" (Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards) - 3:09
  9. "Swing Low Sweet Cadillac" - 3:10
  10. "Bopsie's Blues" [alternate take] - 3:16
  11. "Bopsie's Blues" - 2:34
  12. "I Couldn't Beat the Rap" - 2:56
  13. "Caravan" [alternate take] (Juan Tizol) - 2:56
  14. "Caravan" (Tizol) - 2:54
  15. "Nobody Knows" (Clarke) - 2:40
  16. "The Bluest Blues" (Gary McFarland, Sir Charles Thompson) - 2:55
  17. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 3:08
  18. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael) - 3:03
  19. "Time on My Hands" (Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon) - 2:24
  20. "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) - 2:19
  21. "Umbrella Man" (James Cavanaugh, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock) - 2:26
  22. "Confessin' (Pop's)" (Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds) - 3:33
  23. "Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee" (Gillespie, Joe Carroll, Bill Graham) - 3:21
  24. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 3:45

Recorded in New York City on March 1 (tracks 1-3), April 16 (tracks 4-6), August 16 (tracks 7-12), October 25 (tracks 13-19), 1951 and in Chicago on July 18 (tracks 20-24), 1952

Personnel

  • Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet, vocals
  • John Coltrane - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3)
  • Budd Johnson - tenor saxophone (tracks 4-6)
  • Bill Graham - baritone saxophone (tracks 7-24)
  • J. J. Johnson - trombone (tracks 4-6)
  • Stuff Smith - violin (tracks 13, 14 & 17-19)
  • Kenny Burrell - guitar (tracks 1-3)
  • Wynton Kelly - piano (tracks 20-24)
  • Milt Jackson - piano, vibes (tracks 1-19)
  • Bernie Griggs (tracks 20-24), Percy Heath (tracks 1-19) - bass
  • Art Blakey (tracks 4-6), Kansas Fields (tracks 1-3), Al Jones (tracks: 7-24) - drums
  • Joe Carroll (tracks 4, 7, 8, 15-17 & 20-23), Melvin Moore (tracks 5 & 10-12), Freddy Strong (track 3) - vocals

    • Songs

    Tin Tin Deo2:41
    Birk's Works3:06
    We Love to Boogie2:53

    References

    Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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