Dizzy Gillespie

INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

This edition presents the complete original LP Diz & Getz (Norgran MGN-1050/Verve MGV-8141), on which Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz share the frontline backed by a rhythm section led by Oscar Peterson and with Max Roach on drums. A complete live set by Diz and Getz sharing the frontline with Sonny Stitt, taped during a Jazz at the Philharmonic concert in Seattle three years later, has been added as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

DIZZY GILLESPIE, trumpet
STAN GETZ, tenor sax
OSCAR PETERSON, piano
HERB ELLIS, guitar
RAY BROWN, bass
MAX ROACH, drums

Los Angeles, December 9, 1953.

[Except on track 6: Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Hank Mobley (ts),
Wade Legge (p),Lou Hackney (b), Charlie Persip (d).
New York, May 25, 1954.]

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01 It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
02 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
03 Exactly Like You
04 It’s The Talk Of The Town
05 Impromptu
06 One Alone
07 Girl Of My Dreams
08 Siboney (Parts I & Ii)
09 Introduction By Norman Granz
10 Groovin’ High
11 The Nearness Of You
12 ‘Round Midnight
13 We’ll Be Together Again
14 Shaw ‘Nuff

Total Time: 76:07