Dizzy in Greece

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Dizzy in Greece
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Studio album by
Dizzy Gillespie
Released1957
RecordedMay 18 or 19, June 6, 1956 and April 7 & 8, 1957
New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Verve
MGV 8017 [1]
Producer Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
World Statesman
(1956)		Dizzy in Greece
(1957)		 For Musicians Only
(1957)

Dizzy in Greece is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1956 and 1957 and released on the Verve label. [2] The album was reissued as part of the 2CD compilation Birks Works: The Verve Big Band Sessions . [3] [4]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4.5 stars. [5]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

Side One:

  1. "Hey Pete" (Dizzy Gillespie, Buster Harding, Lester Peterson) - 5:39
  2. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 3:46
  3. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Gillespie, Chano Pozo) - 4:17
  4. "Groovin' for Nat" (Ernie Wilkins) - 3:21
  5. "Annie's Dance" (Melba Liston) - 4:05

Side Two:

  1. "Cool Breeze" (Tadd Dameron, Billy Eckstine, Gillespie) - 4:55
  2. "School Days" (Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards) - 4:23
  3. "That's All" (Pete Anson, composer and arranger) - 3:13
  4. "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) - 4:12
  5. "Groovin' High" (Gillespie) - 3:53

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN   9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Gillespie discography accessed March 26, 2012
  3. ↑ Yanow, S. Birks Works Allmusic Review accessed March 26, 2012
  4. ↑ Yanow, Scott (May 14, 2000). Bebop. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879306083 – via Google Books.
  5. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed April 4, 2012
  6. ↑ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 – via Google Books.


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