The New Continent

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The New Continent
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Studio album by
Released1965
RecordedSeptember 1962
StudioUnited Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Length76:39
Label Limelight LS/LM 86022
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
New Wave!
(1962)
The New Continent
(1965)
Something Old, Something New
(1963)
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The New Continent is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band featuring performances arranged and composed by Lalo Schifrin and conducted by Benny Carter. It was produced by Quincy Jones in 1962 and released on the Limelight label. [3]

Contents

Release history

The CD reissue also included An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (Verve, 1961).

Track listing

All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except as indicated

  1. "The Empire" - 5:48
  2. "The Conquerors" - 7:32
  3. "The Legend of Atlantis" - 7:43
  4. "The Chains" - 9:10
  5. "The Swords" - 4:06
  6. "Chorale" - 5:48
  7. "Kush" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 11:01 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Salt Peanuts" (Kenny Clarke, Gillespie) – 7:08 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 6:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "The Mooche" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 11:43 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (February 12, 1966). "Dizzy Gillespie: The New Continent" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 257. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  3. Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 2, 2012