Dizzy Gillespie at Newport

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Released 1957 Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (1957) Duets (1957) Release date 1957 Label Verve Records		Length 51:59 Artist Dizzy Gillespie Producer Norman Granz Genre Jazz

Recorded July 6, 1957, Newport, Rhode Island Similar Dizzy Gillespie albums, Jazz albums

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Dizzy Gillespie at Newport is a 1957 live album by Dizzy Gillespie, featuring his big band recorded at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival.

The Allmusic review states "This brilliant CD captures one of the high points of Dizzy Gillespie's remarkable career and is highly recommended".

"Dizzy's Blues" (A. K. Salim) – 11:51
"School Days" (Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards) – 5:47
"Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) – 7:56
"Manteca" (Gil Fuller, Gillespie, Chano Pozo) – 7:11
"I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 4:48
"Cool Breeze" (Tadd Dameron, Billy Eckstine, Gillespie) – 10:33
"Zodiac Suite: Virgo/Libra/Aries" (Mary Lou Williams) – 10:28 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Carioca" (Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans) – 3:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
"A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 10:00 Bonus track on CD reissue

In "Manteca", the big band chants, "I'll never go back to Georgia", in reference to the racial prejudice in the state.

Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals, arranger (track 4)

Talib Dawud, Lee Morgan, Ermit V. Perry, Carl Warwick - trumpet

Chuck Conners, Al Grey, Melba Liston - trombone

Ernie Henry, Jimmy Powell - alto saxophone

Benny Golson - tenor saxophone, arranger (track 5)

Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone

Pee Wee Moore - baritone saxophone

Wynton Kelly (tracks 1-6 & 9), Mary Lou Williams (tracks 7 & 8) - piano

Paul E. West - double bass

Charlie Persip - drums

A. K. Salim (track 1), Tadd Dameron (track 6), Quincy Jones (track 2), Ernie Wilkins (track 3) - arranger

1Dizzy's Blues11:51
2School Days5:47
3Doodlin'7:56

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