Live at the Village Vanguard (Dizzy Gillespie album)

For similarly titled albums, see Live at the Village Vanguard.

Live at the Village Vanguard
Live album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1967
Recorded	October 1, 1967
Venue	Village Vanguard, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:25 104:45 (reissue)
Label	Solid State Blue Note (reissue)
Producer	Sonny Lester
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (1967) Live at the Village Vanguard (1967) The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (1968)

Live at the Village Vanguard is a live album by American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded on October 1st, 1967 at the Village Vanguard and released on Solid State later that year. The complete recordings were released by Blue Note in 1992 under the same title. ^{[1] [2]}

Release history

The unused recordings from the concert were originally released in edited form by Solid State on two compilations entitled Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 1 and Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 2. ^[1] The recordings were subsequently re-released in unedited form as a 2-CD set on the Blue Note label in 1992. ^[2]

Reception

The AllMusic review stated "These lengthy performances (all but one of the seven songs are over 11 minutes) contain some loose and rambling moments but also plenty of creative playing by this unusual group of all-stars". ^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Track listing

Original release

All music is composed by Dizzy Gillespie, except as noted.

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dizzy's Blues" (AKA Birk's Works)	Ahmad Salim	14:30

All music is composed by Dizzy Gillespie, except as noted.

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blues For Max"	9:10
2.	"Tour de force"	9:45
Total length:		33:25

Blue Note reissue

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dizzy's Blues" (AKA Birk's Works)		17:57
2.	"Lullaby of the Leaves"	Bernice Petkere, Joe Young	13:30
3.	"Lover, Come Back to Me"	Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg	19:15
4.	"Blues for Max"		9:10

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tour de force"		11:51
2.	"On the Trail"	Ferde Grofe	16:43
3.	"Sweet Georgia Brown"	Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey	16:19

• Tracks 1-2–1-4 released on Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 1 in edited form
• Tracks 2-1–2-3 released on Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 2 in edited form

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
• Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
• Garnett Brown – trombone (disc two)
• Ray Nance – violin (disc one)
• Chick Corea – piano
• Richard Davis – bass
• Elvin Jones (tracks 1-1, 1-2), Mel Lewis (tracks 1-3–2-3) – drums

References

1. Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 2, 2012
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 2, 2012
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 555. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.