An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | February 9, 1961, Museum of Modern Art, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 54:41 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Charles Shwartz | |||
Dizzy Gillespie chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
DownBeat | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet is a 1961 live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. [1]
Jazz at Massey Hall is a live jazz album featuring a performance by "The Quintet" given on 15 May 1953 at Massey Hall in Toronto. The quintet was composed of five leading 'modern' players of the day: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. It was the only time that the five musicians recorded together as a unit, and it was the last recorded meeting of Parker and Gillespie.
Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie is an album by Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie that was released in 1974. At the Grammy Awards of 1976, Gillespie won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist for his performance on this album.
The Alternate Blues is a 1980 album featuring the trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, and Freddie Hubbard, supported by a quartet led by Oscar Peterson. It was recorded at Group IV Studios, Los Angeles on March 10, 1980. With one exception, the tracks were previously unissued recordings from The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4.
Oscar Peterson Jam – Montreux '77 is a 1977 live album featuring a jam session led by Oscar Peterson. At the Grammy Awards of 1979, Peterson won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist for his performance on this album.
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 is a 1980 album featuring the trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, and Freddie Hubbard, supported by a quartet led by Oscar Peterson. Outtakes from the 1980 session that produced this album were released as The Alternate Blues.
Have Trumpet, Will Excite! is a 1959 studio album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie.
Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 is a 1975 live album featuring the jazz trumpeters Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Clark Terry recorded at the 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival. The rhythm section is led by Oscar Peterson.
Something Old, Something New is a studio album by Dizzy Gillespie, recorded and released in 1963.
Diz and Getz is an album by Dizzy Gillespie, featuring Stan Getz.
Groovin' High is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1963 and 1964 for the Prestige label.
The Greatest Trumpet of Them All is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring Benny Golson, recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label.
Roy and Diz is an album by trumpeters Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1954 and originally released on the Clef label as two separate volumes. Selections from these sessions were also released as Trumpet Battle and The Trumpet Kings.
Jambo Caribe is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1964 and released on the Limelight label.
The Giant is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. It was recorded in Paris, France, in 1973, and first released on the French America label.
The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner is an album by vocalist Big Joe Turner with trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Harry "Sweets" Edison and Clark Terry, recorded in 1974 and released on the Pablo label.
Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 is an album by Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1974 and released on the Pablo label.
Bahiana is an album by Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1975 and released on the Pablo label.
Carter, Gillespie Inc. is an album by saxophonist Benny Carter and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1976 and released on the Pablo label.
Free Ride is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie which was composed, arranged and conducted by Lalo Schifrin, recorded in 1977 and released on the Pablo label. The album represents the first collaboration between the two since The New Continent in 1962.
Musician, Composer, Raconteur is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1981 and released on the Pablo label.