The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie

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The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie
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Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedFebruary 17, 18 & 20, 1959
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length44:54
Label Verve
MGV 8328 [1]
Producer Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Sonny Side Up
(1957)
The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie
(1959)
Have Trumpet, Will Excite!
(1959)

The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label. [2]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review calls the album "a pleasing -- if not all that essential -- date of melodic music from the masterful trumpeter." [3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

  1. "Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac" - 7:06
  2. "Always" (Irving Berlin) - 5:34
  3. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 7:20
  4. "Ungawa" (Gillespie, Oswaldo Nuñez) - 3:19
  5. "Lorraine" - 4:14
  6. "Girl of My Dreams" (Sunny Clapp) - 7:41
  7. "Constantinople" - 7:00
  8. "Umbrella Man" (Vincent Rose, Larry Stock, James Cavanaugh) - 2:40

The Fresh Sound 2-CD set also includes the complete Have Trumpet Will Excite Album

Personnel

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References

  1. Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN   9781440229169 via Google Books.
  2. Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 23, 2012
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 23, 2012
  4. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 via Google Books.