Dizzy Gillespie at Newport

Dizzy Gillespie at Newport
Live album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1957
Recorded	July 6, 1957
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:59
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Sittin' In (1957) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (1957) Dizzy in Greece (1957)

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Allmusic	[1]

Dizzy Gillespie at Newport is a 1957 live album by Dizzy Gillespie, featuring his big band. ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Dizzy's Blues" (Dizzy Gillespie, A.K. Salim) – 11:51
2. "School Days" (Chuck Berry, Stanley Clarke, Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards) – 5:47
3. "Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) – 7:56
4. "Manteca" (Gil Fuller, Gillespie, Chano Pozo) – 7:11
5. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 4:48
6. "Cool Breeze" (Tadd Dameron, Billy Eckstine, Gillespie) – 10:33
7. Zodiac Suite: "Virgo"/"Libra"/"Aries" (Mary Lou Williams) – 10:28
8. "Carioca" (Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans) – 3:41
9. "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 10:00

Background

• In "Manteca", the big band chants, "I'll never go back to Georgia", in reference to the racial prejudice Dizzy's band experienced on a stop there during its 1945 tour.

Personnel

Performance

• Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
• Benny Golson - arranger, tenor saxophone
• Tadd Dameron - arranger
• Quincy Jones
• Ernie Wilkins
• Paul E. West - double bass
• Charlie Persip - drums
• Wynton Kelly - piano
• Mary Lou Williams
• Jimmy Powell - alto saxophone
• Ernie Henry
• Pee Wee Moore - baritone saxophone
• Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
• Chuck Conner - trombone
• Al Grey
• Melba Liston
• Talib Dawud - trumpet
• Lee Morgan
• E.V. Perry
• Ermet Perry
• Carl Warwick

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Dizzy Gillespie at Newport at Allmusic