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Released
  
1957

The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (1957)
  
Sonny Side Up (1957)

Release date
  
1957

Label
  
Fresh Sound Records

Length
  
41:10

Artist
  
Dizzy Gillespie

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
December 17, 1957 New York City

Similar
  
Dizzy Gillespie albums, Jazz albums

The Greatest Trumpet of Them All is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring Benny Golson recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review states "For many other jazz musicians this would be a "good" or even "fine" effort, but Dizzy Gillespie has recorded too much classic music for this disappointment to rate very high".

Track listing

All compositions by Benny Golson except as indicated

  1. "Blues After Dark" - 6:29
  2. "Sea Breeze" - 3:17
  3. "Out of the Past" - 5:32
  4. "Shabozz" (Gigi Gryce) - 6:00
  5. "Reminiscing" (Gryce) - 4:50
  6. "A Night at Tony's" (Gryce) - 5:11
  7. "Smoke Signals" (Gryce) - 5:04
  8. "Just by Myself" - 4:47

Personnel

  • Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
  • Henry Coker - trombone
  • Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone, arranger
  • Benny Golson - tenor saxophone, arranger
  • Pee Wee Moore - baritone saxophone
  • Ray Bryant - piano
  • Tommy Bryant - bass
  • Charlie Persip - drums
  • Songs

    1Blues After Dark (feat Benny Golson)Benny Golson6:31
    2Seabreeze (feat Benny Golson)Benny Golson3:20
    3Out of the Past (feat Benny Golson)Benny Golson5:35

    References

    The Greatest Trumpet of Them All Wikipedia