Released 1965 Producer Richard Bock | Length 36:12 Release date 1965 | |
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Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie(1965) The Melody Lingers On(1966) Similar The Great Blue Star Sessions, Dizzy Gillespie and the M, It's My Way, Dizzy Digs Paris, Dizzy Goes Hollywood | ||
Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Gil Fuller featuring trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1965 and originally released on the Pacific Jazz label. The album was rereleased on CD combined with Fuller's Night Flight (Pacific Jazz, 1965) on the Blue Note label as Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie & James Moody in 2008.
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Reception
The Allmusic review called the album "A bit of a disappointment... the big band is mostly heard from in a purely accompanying role behind the great trumpeter and little interplay occurs".
Track listing
All compositions by Gil Fuller except as indicated
- "Man from Monterey" (Phil Moore) - 4:00
- "Angel City" - 8:20
- "Love Theme from the Sandpiper" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:48
- "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 3:27
- "Be's That Way" - 4:39
- "Big Sur" - 4:37
- "Moontide" - 3:56
- "Things Are Here" (Gillespie) - 4:19
Personnel
References
Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA