The Melody Lingers On (Dizzy Gillespie album)

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The Melody Lingers On
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Released1967
RecordedOctober 1966
Genre Jazz
Length39:00
Label Limelight
LM 82042 / LS 86042
Producer Hal Mooney
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie
(1965)
The Melody Lingers On
(1967)
Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
(1967)
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The Melody Lingers On is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1966 and released on the Limelight label. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Winchester Cathedral" (Geoff Stephens) - 2:21
  2. "Cherry, Cherry" (Neil Diamond) - 3:46
  3. "Summer Samba (Samba de Verão)" (Norman Gimbel, Marcos Valle) - 3:24
  4. "Cherish" (Terry Kirkman) - 2:41
  5. "Bang! Bang!" (Joe Cuba, Jimmy Sabater) - 3:04
  6. "Mas que Nada" (Jorge Ben) - 4:58
  7. "Tequila" (Chuck Rio) - 3:15
  8. "The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On)" (Irving Berlin) - 2:27
  9. "Portuguese Washerwoman (Les Lavandieres du Portugal)" (André Popp, Roger Antoine Lucchesi) - 2:47
  10. "Winter Samba" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 3:11
  11. "Get That Money Blues" (Jimmy Owens) - 7:06

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic Review accessed April 3, 2012
  2. Limelight Records discography accessed April 3, 2012