Portrait of Jenny

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Portrait of Jenny
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Studio album by
Released1970
Recorded1970
Studio Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length34:56
Label Perception
PLP 13
Producer Dizzy Gillespie, Boo Frazier
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
The Real Thing
(1970)
Portrait of Jenny
(1970)
Giants
(1971)

Portrait of Jenny is an album by American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring performances recorded in 1970 and originally released on the Perception label. [1]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review called it a "little-known but beautifully-played combo session from the 70s". [2]

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Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie

  1. "Olinga" - 7:51
  2. "Diddy Wa Diddy (Mozambique)" - 10:26
  3. "Me 'n Them" - 12:20
  4. "Timet (Mozambique)" - 4:19

Personnel

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References

  1. University of Idaho Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 12, 2012
  2. 1 2 Wynn, R. AllMusic Review accessed April 12, 2012