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Released
  
1954

Dizzy and Strings (1954)
  
Roy and Diz (1954)

Release date
  
1954

Label
  
AVID Entertainment

Length
  
32:23

Artist
  
Dizzy Gillespie

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
September 15 & 16, 1954 New York City

Similar
  
The Great Blue Star Sessions, Dizzy Digs Paris, Dizzy Goes Hollywood, Dizzy Gillespie and the M, The Ebullient Mr Gilles

Dizzy and Strings (also released as Diz Big Band) is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1954 and originally released on the Norgran label.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

  1. "Roses of Picardy" (Frederick Weatherly, Haydn Wood) - 4:38
  2. "Silhouette" (Johnny Richards) - 3:56
  3. "Can You Recall?" (Richards) - 3:27
  4. "O Solow" (Richards) - 5:06
  5. "Cool Eyes" - 3:48
  6. "Confusion" (Buster Harding) - 4:42
  7. "Pile Driver" - 3:54
  8. "Hob Nail Special" - 2:52

Personnel

  • Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet, vocals
  • John Barrows, Jim Buffington, Jim Chambers, Fred Klein - French horn (tracks 1-4)
  • George Berg, Jack Greenberg, Tom Parshley - woodwinds (tracks 1-4)
  • Quincy Jones, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal - trumpet (tracks 5-8)
  • Leon Comegys, J. J. Johnson, George Matthews - trombone (tracks 5-8)
  • George Dorsey, Hilton Jefferson - alto saxophone (tracks 5-8)
  • Hank Mobley, Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone (tracks 5-8)
  • Danny Bank - baritone saxophone
  • Wynton Kelly (tracks 1-4), Wade Legge (tracks 5-8) - piano
  • Lou Hackney (tracks 5-8), Percy Heath (tracks 1-4) - bass
  • Jimmy Crawford (tracks 1-4), Charlie Persip (tracks 5-8) - drums
  • Buster Harding - arranger (tracks 5-8)
  • Johnny Richards - arranger, conductor (tracks 1-4)
  • Unnamed string section (tracks 1-4)

    • Songs

    1Roses of Picardy (Remastered)4:41
    2Silhouette (Remastered)3:57
    3Can You Recall? (Remastered)3:30

    References

    Dizzy and Strings Wikipedia
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