Cornucopia (album)

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Cornucopia
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Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedAugust 18 & 19, 1969
A&R Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length28:15
Label Solid State
SS 18061
Producer Richard Carpenter
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
It's My Way
(1969)
Cornucopia
(1970)
The Real Thing
(1970)

Cornucopia is an album by American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring performances of popular songs recorded in 1969 and originally released on the Solid State label. [1] [2]

Dizzy Gillespie American jazz trumpeter

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer.


Solid State Records was a jazz record label formed in 1966 by producers Sonny Lester and Phil Ramone, with arranger Manny Albam.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Windmills of Your Mind" (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) - 3:07
  2. "My Cherie Amour" (Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) - 3:23
  3. "Get Back" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:36
  4. "Yesterday's Dream" (Don Sebesky) - 3:55
  5. "Lorraine" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 4:10
  6. "Ann, Wonderful One" (Charles Carpenter, Earl Hines) - 2:57
  7. "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" (Nino Rota) - 3:35
  8. "Oh Happy Day" (Edwin Hawkins) - 4:32
  9. "Tango-Rine" (Gillespie) - 3:20
  10. "Both Sides, Now" (Joni Mitchell) - 3:16

Personnel

Lew Soloff American musician

Lewis Michael Soloff was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and actor. From New York City, he studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School. He worked with Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1968 until 1973. Prior to this, he worked with Machito, Tony Scott, Maynard Ferguson and Tito Puente.

Trumpet musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

Wayne Andre was an American jazz trombonist, best known for his work as a session musician.

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References

  1. Payne, D. Solid State discography accessed April 4, 2012
  2. Allmusic Album Entry accessed April 4, 2012