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Night in Tunisia: The Very Best of Dizzy Gillespie

Label: Bluebird/Legacy
Released: 2007
Track listing: Night in Tunisia (sic); 52nd Street Theme; Anthropology; Oop-Pop-A-Da; Two Bass Hit; Stay On It; Algo Bueno (Woody n

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And Then She Stopped

Featuring the music of Dizzy Gillespie
Duration: 4:36

Dizzy Gillespie with James Moody on sax & flute and Kenny Barron on piano in a 1966 performance.
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Dizzy Gillespie: Night in Tunisia: The Very Best of Dizzy Gillespie

Read "Night in Tunisia: The Very Best of Dizzy Gillespie" reviewed by Francis Lo Kee


It's quite a stretch to call this CD the very best, since all of the music was recorded between 1946 and 1949. Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) was one of the leaders of bebop but also forged an important and unshakable relationship between jazz and Afro-Cuban music that lasts to this day. His recording career spans more than ...

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Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band: Dizzy's Business

Read "Dizzy's Business" reviewed by George Kanzler


This is a “ghost band" in the midst of an exorcism. Dizzy's ghost is almost gone. Past editions of this band featured Jon Faddis, Dizzy's most faithful acolyte, on trumpet, carrying the torch. No torch carriers here: sans Faddis, the other trumpeters obviously feel no compunction to channel Dizzy bop lines in their solos. And while ...

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Kusch

Label: Green Line SRL
Released: 2006

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Dizzy's Business

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2006
Track listing: Dizzy's Business; Con Alma; Blue 'N' Boogie; I Mean You; Without You—No Me (To Dizzy); Hot House; Stardust; Tour de Force; Moody's Groove; Morning of the Carnival; Off Minor.

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The Verve / Philips Dizzy Gillespie Small Group Sessions

Label: Mosaic Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: CD1: Sugar Hips; One Alone; Hey Pete! Let's East More Meat; Money Honey; Blue Mood; Rails; Devil and The Flesh; Rumbola; Blues After Dark Sea Breeze; Out Of The Past; Shabozz; Remniscing; A Night At Tony's; Smoke Signals; Just By Myself. CD2: My Heart Belongs To Daddy; My Man (Mon Homme); Moonglow; St. Louis Blues; Woody 'N' You; Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams; There Is No Greater Love I Found A Million Dollar Baby; Always; Swing Low Sweet Cadillac; Willow Weep For Me; Ungawa; Girl of My Dreams. CD3: Lorraine; Constantinople; The Umbrella Man; Squatty Roo; Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be; I Found A Million Dollar Baby; There Is No Greater Love (alt #1) There Is No Greater Love (alt #2); There Is No Greater Love (alt #3); Theme From Formula 409 (Pt. 1); Theme From Formula 409 (Pt. 2); Kush (Pt. 1) Kush (Pt. 2); Goin' Fishin'; Medley: a. This Is The Way, b. Untitled Dizzy Original, c. Cubano Be, d. I Waited For You; Things Ain't What They Used To Be. CD4: Kush; Salt Peanuts; A Night In Tunisia; The Mooche; Pau De Arara; Desafinado; Chega De Saudade (No More Blues Pt.1); Chega De Saudade (No More Blues Pt. 2) Taboo; Long, Long Summer; This Is The Way; Cubano Be; One Alone; I Think That Maybe I Should Go Away; I Waited For You; Manha De Carnaval. CD5: Pergunte Ao Joao; Me-da-um Dinheiro Ahi (Give Me Some Money There); I Shall Never Forget; Mount Olive; Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be; Lady Be Good In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town; Careless Love; Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?; Chega De Saudade (No More Blues live version); One Note Samba Here It Is; Ole (aka For The Gypsies); Early Mornin' Blues. CD6: Be-Bop; Good Bait; Medley a) I Can't Get Started, b) 'Round Midnight; Dizzy Atmosphere; November Afternoon; This Lovely Feeling; The Day After; The Cup Bearers; Ow!; The Champ; Emanon; Anthropology; Tin Tin deo; One Bass Hit; Two Bass Hit; Groovin' High; Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be; Hot House; Con Alma; Blue 'N Boogie. CD7: Theme From Exodus; Moon River; Caesar And Cleopatra Theme; Days Of Wine And Roses; Walk On The Wild Side; More; Love Theme From Lolita; Theme From Picnic; Never On Sunday; Theme From Lawrence Of Arabia; Carioca; Theme From The Cool World; The Pushers; Enter, Priest; Duke's Awakening; Duke On The Run; Street Music; Bonnie's Blues; Coney Island; Duke's Fantasy; Coolie; Duke's Last Soliloquy.

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Dizzy Digs Paris

Label: Giant Step Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: CD1: Intro; The Champ; Good Bait; Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac; I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You; Lady Be Good; Mon Homme; (I've Got) The Bluest Blue; Birk's Works; Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be; They Can't Take That Away From Me; Embraceable You; Play Fiddle Play; I Can't Get Started; Tin Tin Deo; On The Sunny Side Of The Street. CD2: School Days; Undecided; The Way You Look Tonight; Always; Mon Homme; Clappin' Rhythm; Fais Gaffe (Watch Out); Moon Nocturne; This Is The Way; S'Wonderful; Oo-Bla-Dee; Stormy Weather; Jalousie; The Very Thought Of You; Fine And Dandy; I've Got You Under My Skin; Pennies From Heaven; Perdido; Dream A Little Dream Of Me; Wade Legge's Blues; A Swedish Folk Song; Dance Of The Infidels; Aren't You Glad You're You?; These Foolish Things; Why Don't You Believe Me?

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Groovin' With Diz & Co.

Label: in-akustik
Released: 2006
Track listing: Shaw Nuff ; Hot House ; Mean To Me ; Loverman (Oh Where Can You Be) ; East Of The Sun ; One Bass Hit No. 1 ; That's Earl Brother ; Opp Bop Sh'bam ; A Hand Fulla Gimme ; My Melancholy Baby ; Cherokee ; On The Alamo ; All The Things You Are ; Dizzy Atmosphere ; Blue 'N' Boogie ;

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Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band: Dizzy's Business

Read "Dizzy's Business" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Concert-goers at Pittsburgh's Manchester Craftsmen's Guild last September-October chanced upon the best of all possible worlds--terrific charts by Ernie Wilkins, Slide Hampton, Dennis Mackrel and Jimmy Heath, marvelously played by the accurately named Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. If you aren't among those lucky enough to have been there, your luck has taken a turn for ...


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