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The Real Thing (Dizzy Gillespie album)

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Released
  
1970

Length
  
37:55

Release date
  
1970

Label
  
Perception Records

Recorded
  
1969

Artist
  
Dizzy Gillespie

Producer
  
Dizzy Gillespie

Genre
  
Jazz

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The Real Thing is an album by American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring James Moody recorded in 1969 and originally released on the Perception label.

Contents

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Track listing

All compositions by Mike Longo except as indicated

  1. "N'Bani" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 4:05
  2. "Matrix" - 4:04
  3. "Alligator" - 5:06
  4. "Closer" (George Davis) - 3:11
  5. "Closer" [Instrumental] (Davis) - 3:16
  6. "Soul Kiss" - 4:07
  7. "High on a Cloud" (Fred Norman, Cliff Owens) - 3:20
  8. "Summertime" (George Gershwin) - 3:46
  9. "Let Me Outta Here" - 5:13
  10. "Ding-A-Ling" - 5:03

Personnel

  • Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
  • James Moody - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 5-8 & 10)
  • Eric Gale (tracks 1, 6, 7 & 10), George Davis (tracks 2-5, 8 & 9) - guitar
  • Mike Longo - piano
  • Nate Edmonds - organ (track 6)
  • Chuck Rainey (track 6), Phil Upchurch (tracks 2-4, 7 & 8) - electric bass
  • Paul West - bass (tracks 1, 5, 7 & 10)
  • Otis "Candy" Finch (track 1, 7 & 10), David Lee (tracks 2-5, 8 & 9), Bernard Purdie (track 6) - drums

    • Songs

    1N'Bani4:06
    2Matrix4:04
    3Alligator5:06

    References

    The Real Thing (Dizzy Gillespie album) Wikipedia
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