Something Old, Something New (album)

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Released 1963 Artist Dizzy Gillespie Label Universal Music LLC		Producer Hal Mooney Release date 1963 Genre Jazz

Recorded April 23–25, 1963, A&R Studios, New York City (New York) Length 40:50 44:12 (CD reissue) Something Old, Something New (1963) Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963) Similar Dizzy's Party, Dizzy Goes Hollywood, Bahiana, New Faces, Jambo Caribe

Something Old, Something New is a studio album by Dizzy Gillespie, recorded and released in 1963.

Reception

The Allmusic review states "this was one of Dizzy Gillespie's finest sessions of the 1960s".

"Bebop" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 6:17
"Good Bait" (Count Basie, Tadd Dameron) – 3:03
Medley: "I Can't Get Started"/"'Round Midnight" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)/(Thelonious Monk, Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams) – 6:23
"Dizzy Atmosphere" (Gillespie) – 6:12
"November Afternoon" (Tom McIntosh) – 4:19
"This Lovely Feeling" (Margo Guryan, Arif Mardin) – 4:19
"The Day After" (McIntosh) – 4:33
"Cup Bearers" (McIntosh) – 6:11
"Early Mornin' Blues" (Gillespie) – 2:55 Bonus track on CD reissue

Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet

James Moody – flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone

Kenny Barron – piano

Chris White – double bass

Rudy Collins – drums

1Be-Bop6:22
2Good Bait3:07
3I Can't Get Started / 'Round Midnight6:27

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