Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993)

C (Indifferent).

Jazz A-listers play a live jam session. There's no good reason for this recording to have been released, except that the show was put together in the first place because the label wanted to make a record with minimal effort.

(May 2024)

1 Manteca
Alto Saxophone – Ernie Henry, Jimmy Powell
Baritone Saxophone – Pee Wee Moore
Bass – Paul West
Drums – Charli Persip*
Piano – Wynton Kelly
Tenor Saxophone – Benny Golson, Billy Mitchell
Trombone – Al Grey, Melba Liston, Ray Connors*
Trumpet – Carl Warwick, Dizzy Gillespie, Ermet Perry, Lee Morgan, Talib Dawud*
Written-By – Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie, Walter Fuller*
7:06
2 November Afternoon
Bass – Chris White (3)
Drums – Rudy Collins
Piano – Kenny Barron
Producer – Hal show more Mooney
Tenor Saxophone – James Moody
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie
Written-By – Tom McIntosh
4:20
3 A Night In Tunisia
Bass – Robert Rodriguez*
Flute – Gilbert Valdez*
Percussion – Candido Camero*, Jose Mangual, Ralph Miranda, Ubaldo Nieto
Piano – Rene Hernandez
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie
Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
4:16
4 Tour De Force
Alto Saxophone – Jimmy Powell, Phil Woods
Baritone Saxophone – Marty Flax
Bass – Nelson Boyd
Drums – Charli Persip*
Piano – Walter Davis Jr.
Tenor Saxophone – Billy Mitchell, Ernie Wilkins
Trombone – Frank Rehak, Melba Liston, Rod Levitt
Trumpet – Carl Warwick, Dizzy Gillespie, Ermet Perry, Joe Gordon, Quincy Jones
Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie
5:02
5 Trumpet Blues
Bass – Ray Brown
Drums – Louis Bellson
Guitar – Herb Ellis
Piano – Oscar Peterson
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge
Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge
7:54
6 Con Alma
Bass – Tommy Bryant
Drums, Percussion – Charli Persip*
Tenor Saxophone – Sonny Stitt
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie
Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie
9:31
Medley
Alto Saxophone – James Moody
Bass – Chris White (3)
Drums – Rudy Collins
Piano – Kenny Barron
Producer – Hal Mooney
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie
(6:24)
7.a I Can't Get Started
Written-By – Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke
7.b 'Round Midnight
Written-By – Bernard Hanighen*, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams
8 Africana
Alto Saxophone, Flute – Leo Wright
Bass – Art Davis
Bass Trombone – Paul Faulise
Bongos – Jack Del Rio
Congas – Candido Camero*
Drums – Chuck Lampkin
French Horn – Al Richman*, Gunther Schuller, James Buffington*, Julius Watkins
Piano, Arranged By – Lalo Schifrin
Timbales – Willie Rodriguez
Trombone – Britt Woodman, Frank Rehak, Urbie Green
Trumpet – Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder, John Frosk
Tuba – Don Butterfield
Written-By – Lalo Schifrin
7:33
9 Birks' Works
Alto Saxophone – Ernie Henry, Jimmy Powell
Baritone Saxophone – Billy Root
Bass – Paul West
Drums – Charli Persip*
Piano – Wynton Kelly
Tenor Saxophone – Benny Golson, Billy Mitchell
Trombone – Al Grey, Melba Liston, Rod Levitt
Trumpet – Carl Warwick, Dizzy Gillespie, Ermet Perry, Lee Morgan, Talib Dawud*
Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie
4:54
10 Desafinado
Bass – Chris White (3)
Drums – Rudy Collins
Flute – Leo Wright
Percussion – Rietria Pepito*
Piano – Lalo Schifrin
Producer – Quincy Jones
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie
Written-By – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonca*
3:20
11 Leap Frog (Take 5)
Alto Saxophone – Charlie Parker
Bass – Curly Russell
Drums – Buddy Rich
Piano – Thelonious Monk
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie
Written-By – Charlie Parker
2:33
12 Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
Bass, Vocals – Sam Jones
Drums, Vocals – Lex Humphries
Guitar, Vocals – Les Spann
Piano, Vocals – Junior Mance
Trumpet, Vocals, Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie
7:06 show less

1 Intro 1:20
2 Bebop
Tenor Saxophone – Don Byas
Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie
7:03
3 A Night In Tunisia
Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
7:23
4 Groovin' High
Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie
6:54
5 Salt Peanuts
Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke
7:02
6 Hot House
Written-By – Tadd Dameron
6:38
7 Fifty Second Street Theme
Written-By – Thelonious Monk
2:14
credits:
Alto Saxophone – Charlie Parker
Bass – Curley Russell*
Drums – Max Roach (tracks: 2 to 5), Sidney Catlett (tracks: 6, show more 7)
Piano – Al Haig
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie show less

Arguably the greatest jazz autobiography ever written.