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Dizzy Gillespie Jam

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Released
  
1977

Label
  
Pablo Live 2308-211

Release date
  
1977

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
44:24

Artist
  
Dizzy Gillespie

Producer
  
Norman Granz

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Recorded
  
July 14, 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland

Dizzy Gillespie Jam (1977)
  
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1979)

Similar
  
It's My Way, Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff, Bird Songs: The Final Recordings, The Great Blue Star Sessions, Dizzy Digs Paris

Dizzy Gillespie Jam is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1977 and released on the Pablo label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "few fireworks occur in what should have been an explosive encounter".

Track listing

  1. "Girl of My Dreams" (Sunny Clapp) - 13:56
  2. "Get Happy" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 7:51
  3. "Medley: Once in a While/But Beautiful/Here's That Rainy Day" (Michael Edwards, Bud Green/Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen/Burke, Van Huesen) - 13:03
  4. "The Champ" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 9:34

Personnel

  • Dizzy Gillespie, John Faddis - trumpet
  • Milt Jackson - vibraphone
  • Monty Alexander - piano
  • Ray Brown - bass
  • Jimmie Smith - drums
  • References

    Dizzy Gillespie Jam Wikipedia