The New Continent

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Released 1962 Length 76:39		Genre Jazz Label Limelight LS/LM 86022
Recorded September, 1962United Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California The New Continent(1962) Something Old, Something New(1963)

The New Continent is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band featuring performances arranged and composed by Lalo Schifrin and conducted by Benny Carter recorded in 1962 and released on the Limelight label. The CD reissue added four bonus tracks originally released on An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (Verve, 1961).

Track listing

All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except as indicated

"The Empire" - 5:48
"The Conquerors" - 7:32
"The Legend of Atlantis" - 7:43
"The Chains" - 9:10
"The Swords" - 4:06
"Chorale" - 5:48
"Kush" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 11:01 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Salt Peanuts" (Kenny Clarke, Gillespie) – 7:08 Bonus track on CD reissue
"A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 6:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
"The Mooche" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 11:43 Bonus track on CD reissue

Recorded at United Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California in September, 1962 (tracks 1-6) and at The Museum Of Modern Art in New York City on February 9, 1961 (tracks 7-10)