The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | July 16, 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:57 | |||
| Label | Pablo 2310-749 | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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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.[1]
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".[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
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 - trumpet
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone
- Milt Jackson - vibraphone
- Tommy Flanagan - piano
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - bass
- Mickey Roker - drums
References
- ^ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 16, 2012
- ^ a b Mason, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 16, 2012
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 83. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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