Dizzy Gillespie Jam

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Dizzy Gillespie Jam
Dizzy Gillespie Jam.jpg
Live album by
Dizzy Gillespie
Released1977
RecordedJuly 14, 1977
Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre Jazz
Length44:24
Label Pablo Live
2308-211
Producer Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
The Gifted Ones
(1977)		Dizzy Gillespie Jam
(1977)		 The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4
(1979)
Original LP Cover
Dizzy Gillespie Jam LP.jpg

Dizzy Gillespie Jam is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1977 and released on the Pablo label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The AllMusic review stated that "few fireworks occur in what should have been an explosive encounter". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Girl of My Dreams" (Sunny Clapp) - 13:56
  2. "Get Happy" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 7:51
  3. "Medley: Once in a While/But Beautiful/Here's That Rainy Day" (Michael Edwards, Bud Green/Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen/Burke, Van Huesen) - 13:03
  4. "The Champ" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 9:34

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 18, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed April 18, 2012.
  3. ↑ Feather, Leonard (August 27, 1989). "Norman Granz and the Pablo Jazz Jam". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 60.
  4. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 281.


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