The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 at the Montreux Jazz Festival

The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 at the Montreux Jazz Festival
Live album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1975
Recorded	July 16, 1975
Venue	Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:57
Label	Pablo 2310-749
Producer	Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (1975) The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1975) The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (1975)
Dizzy LP Cover

The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 at the Montreux Jazz Festival is a live album by Dizzy Gillespie recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 16th, 1975 and released on the Pablo later that year. ^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review called the album a "good but not great set... There are many moments that elicit grins of pleasure, but none that cause jaws to gape with astonishment". ^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Track listing

1. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 16:43
2. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 16:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
3. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) – 12:13
4. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) – 11:01

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone
• Milt Jackson – vibraphone
• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – bass
• Mickey Roker – drums

References

1. Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 16, 2012
2. Mason, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 16, 2012
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  83. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.