Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4

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Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4
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Studio album by
Dizzy Gillespie
Released1975
RecordedSeptember 17 & 19, 1974
Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Length44:38
Label Pablo
2310-719
Producer Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
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(1974)		Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4
(1975)		 The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner
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Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (also released as Dizzy's Big 4) is an album by Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1974 and released on the Pablo label. [1]

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Reception

The AllMusic review called the album "easily one of Dizzy Gillespie's best small-group recordings from the latter portion of his career". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

  1. "Frelimo" - 8:14
  2. "Hurry Home" (Buddy Bernier, Joseph Meyer, Robert D. Emmerich) - 6:24
  3. "Russian Lullaby" (Irving Berlin) - 6:51
  4. "Be Bop (Dizzy's Fingers)" - 4:31
  5. "Birks' Works" - 8:55
  6. "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) - 2:48
  7. "Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) - 6:55

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 16, 2012
  2. 1 2 Dryden, K. AllMusic Review accessed April 16, 2012
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 555. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 83. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.


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