Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith

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Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith
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Studio album by
Released1957
RecordedApril 17, 1957
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length42:11
Label Verve
MGV 8214
Producer Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Birks' Works
(1957)
Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith
(1957)
Sittin' In
(1957)

Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and violinist Stuff Smith, recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label. [1]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4.5 stars. [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

  1. "Rio Pakistan" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 11:31
  2. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose) - 8:28
  3. "Purple Sounds" (Gillespie, Stuff Smith) - 10:08
  4. "Russian Lullaby" (Irving Berlin) - 7:57
  5. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:11

Personnel

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References

  1. Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 23, 2012
  2. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed April 4, 2012
  3. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 via Google Books.