1956 studio album by Dizzy Gillespie
Jazz Recital (also released as Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra ) is an album by the trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie , recorded in 1954 and 1955 and released on the Norgran label. It consists of quintet, sextet and jazz orchestra tracks.[ 5]
Release and reception
Jazz Recital was released by Norgran Records in 1956 and by Verve Records the following year.[ 5] Two of the tracks from the album were also released as singles.[ 6]
Billboard wrote that: "Diz is the whole show instrumentally, and he's in great form, musically and commercially".[ 6] In his DownBeat review, Ralph J. Gleason 's summary was: "Despite the magnificence of Dizzy's trumpet on several of these tracks, notably the beautifully moody 'Blue Mood', this is an uneven album."[ 3] He praised the playing of trombonist Jimmy Cleveland on 'Rails' and saxophonist Hank Mobley in the small-group recordings, but asserted that vocalist Toni Harper "simply does not make it in this league".[ 3] In his 1950s review of Gillespie's recordings, John S. Wilson described two Verve releases – Jazz Recital and Birks' Works – as "leftover odds and ends which makes a spotty program".[ 7]
Track listing
All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie and Buster Harding except as indicated
"Sugar Hips" (Dizzy Gillespie, Wade Legge) – 5:16
"Hey Pete" (Gillespie, Buster Harding , Lester Peterson) – 5:07
"Money Honey" (Jesse Stone ) – 2:30
"Blue Mood" – 3:29
"Rails" – 3:30
"Devil and the Flesh" – 3:21
"Rumbola" – 3:25
"Taking a Chance on Love " (Vernon Duke , Ted Fetter , John Latouche ) – 3:26
"Play Me The Blues" –
"(Seems Like) You Just Don't Care" (Kitty Noble, Rose Marie McCoy ) –
Personnel
Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals
Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone (tracks 1–7)
Jimmy Cleveland – trombone (tracks 4–6 & 10)
Harry Edison (tracks 8 & 9), Taft Jordan (track 10), Ermit V. Perry (track 10), Ernie Royal (track 10) – trumpet (tracks 5–8)
Matthew Gee (track 10), Melba Liston (tracks 8 & 9), Jimmy Wilkins (track 10) – trombone
Gigi Grice (track 10), Hilton Jefferson (track 10), Willie Smith (tracks 8 & 9) – alto saxophone
Curtis Amy (tracks 8 & 9), Ed Beel (tracks 8 & 9), Ernie Wilkins (track 10), Budd Johnson (track 10) – tenor saxophone
Clyde Dunn (tracks 8 & 9), Sahib Shihab (track 10) – baritone saxophone
Wade Legge (tracks 1–7 & 10), Carl Perkins (tracks 8 & 9) – piano
George Bledsoe (tracks 8 & 9), Nelson Boyd (track 10), Lou Hackney (tracks 1–7) – double bass
Al Bartee (tracks 8 & 9), Charlie Persip (tracks 1–7 & 10) – drums
Toni Harper (tracks 8 & 9), Herb Lance (track 10) – vocals
References
^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide . Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
^ Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra – Dizzy Gillespie , AllMusic . Retrieved March 27, 2012.
^ a b c Gleason, Ralph J. (October 31, 1956). "Dizzy Gillespie". DownBeat . Vol. 23, no. 22. p. 25.
^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
^ a b Dizzy Gillespie discography . Retrieved March 27, 2012.
^ a b "Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Recital". The Billboard . Vol. 63, no. 38. September 22, 1956. pp. 44, 68.
^ Wilson, John S. (1959). The Collector's Jazz: Modern . J. B. Lippincott. p. 114.
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