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Released
  
1957

Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith (1957)
  
Sittin' In (1957)

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
42:11

Release date
  
1957

Label
  
Verve Records

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Recorded
  
April 17, 1957 New York City

Artists
  
Dizzy Gillespie, Stuff Smith

Similar
  
Dizzy Gillespie albums, Jazz albums

Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and violinist Stuff Smith recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4.5 stars.

Track listing

  1. "Rio Pakistan" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 11:31
  2. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose) - 8:28
  3. "Purple Sounds" (Gillespie, Stuff Smith) - 10:08
  4. "Russian Lullaby" (Irving Berlin) - 7:57
  5. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:11

Personnel

  • Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
  • Stuff Smith - violin
  • Wynton Kelly - piano
  • Paul West - bass
  • J. C. Heard - drums
  • The Gordon Family: George Gordon, George Gordon Jr., Richard Gordon, Honey Gordon - vocal group (track 5)

    • Songs

    1Rio Pakistan11:33
    2It's Only A Paper Moon8:30
    3Purple Sounds10:10

    References

    Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith Wikipedia
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