| The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 | ||||
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | July 16, 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:57 | |||
| Label | Pablo 2310-749 | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (also released as Dizzy) is a live album by Dizzy Gillespie recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1975 and released on the Pablo label. [1]
The Allmusic review called the album " good but not great set... There are many moments that elicit grins of pleasure, but none that cause jaws to gape with astonishment". [2]
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
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