Released 1990 Length 71:40 Label Enja Records | Recorded June 10, 1989 Release date 1990 Genre Jazz | |
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Venue Royal Festival Hall, London, England Live at the Royal Festival Hall
(1989) Max + Dizzy Paris 1989
(1989) Artists Dizzy Gillespie, The United Nation Orchestra Awards Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Similar New Faces, Digital at Montreux - 1980, Musician - Composer - Raconteur, An Electrifying Evening, To a Finland Station | ||
Live at the Royal Festival Hall is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and The United Nation Orchestra recorded in 1989 and first released on the Enja label in 1990. The concert has also been released on DVD.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review stated "every selection on this excellent CD works" and awarded the album 4 stars. The JazzTimes review stated "Though Dizzy's tone and technique had slipped a bit in his 72nd year, he could always summon the magic when he needed to... It's a wonder the walls of the Hall didn't come tumbling down".
Track listing
All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except where noted.
- "Tin Tin Deo" (Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) - 10:14
- "Seresta: Samba for Carmen" (Paquito D'Rivera, Hank Levy) - 8:31
- "And Then She Stopped" - 7:26
- "Tanga" - 14:09
- "Kush" - 9:08
- "Dizzy Shells" (Steve Turre) - 6:19
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Felix Paparelli) - 18:51
Personnel
Songs
1Tin Tin Deo10:14
2Seresta / Samba for Carmen8:31
3And Then She Stopped7:27
References
Live at the Royal Festival Hall (Dizzy Gillespie album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA