The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7

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Born: Cheraw, SC
Died: Englewood, NJ
Years Active: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s

Albums

Compilations (4) Live (1)

The Copulatin' Blues Volume 2 (Digitally Remastered) album cover

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The Copulatin' Blues Volume 2 (Digitally Remastered)

The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7

Grammercy Records

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The Montreux Collection

The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7

Fantasy Records

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Blue And Sentimental

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Grammercy Records

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Biography Wikipedia

Wikipedia:

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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.

Reception

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".

Track listing

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

Personnel

Dizzy Gillespie - trumpetEddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophoneMilt Jackson - vibraphoneTommy Flanagan - pianoNiels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - bassMickey Roker - drums