Dizzy Gillespie

INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS - 12 PAGE BOOKLET

5 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

The complete original LP Gillespiana (Verve BMGV8394), the first of many collaborations between Dizzy Gillespie and Argentinean pianist Lalo Schifrin. In addition to his role as the band’s pianist, Schifrin also composed the complete “Gillespiana” suite. A week after the studio session, the “Gillespiana” suite was performed live in Paris in a quintet format. Four of the fi ve movements from that concert have been added here as a bonus, allowing us to compare the orchestral and small group versions.

PERSONNEL:

• DIZZY GILLESPIE, trumpet, with:
• Urbie Green, Frank Rehak, Britt Woodman (tb),
• Paul Faulise (b-tb), Julius Watkins, Gunther Schuller,
• Jimmy Buffington, Al Richman (fhr), Don Butterfield (tu),
• Leo Wright (as, fl ), Lalo Schifrin (p, comp), Art Davis (b),
• Chuck Lampkin (d), Candido Camero (cga), Jack Del Rio (bgo),
• Willie Rodriguez (timb).
• Morris Scott, William Lester (fhr) replace Buffington and Richman on 5.

New York, November 14-16, 1960.

*BONUS TRACKS (6-9): Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Leo Wright (as, fl ), Lalo Schifrin (p), Art Davis (b), Chuck Lampkin (d). Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, November 25, 1960.

TRACKS:

• 01 PRELUDE
• 02 BLUES
• 03 PANAMERICANA
• 04 AFRICANA
• 05 TOCCATA
• 06 PRELUDE [live quintet version] (*)
• 07 BLUES [live quintet version] (*)
• 08 AFRICANA [live quintet version] (*)
• 09 TOCCATA [live quintet version] (*)