Dizzy Gillespie - The Essential Dizzy Gillespie FLAC album

Tracklist

1	It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	6:33
2	Jessica's Day	4:47
3	Exactly Like You	4:55
4	Sometimes I'm Happy	5:20
5	A Night In Tunisa	6:42
6	I Know That You Know	5:45
7	Birks' Works	4:41
8	The Champ	4:39

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
V6-8566	Dizzy Gillespie	The Essential Dizzy Gillespie ‎(LP, Comp)	Verve Records	V6-8566	US	1964
V6-8566	Dizzy Gillespie	The Essential Dizzy Gillespie ‎(LP, Comp, Gat)	Verve Records	V6-8566	Canada	1964
V6-8566	Dizzy Gillespie	The Essential Dizzy Gillespie ‎(LP, Comp, Promo)	Verve Records	V6-8566	Germany	1964
V-8566	Dizzy Gillespie	The Essential Dizzy Gillespie ‎(LP, Comp, Mono)	Verve Records	V-8566	US	1964

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Leo Wright (tracks: B4)
• Bass – Bob Cunningham (tracks: B4), Nelson Boyd (tracks: A1, A3), Pau' West (tracks: B2), Ray Brown (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Tom Bryant (tracks: B3)
• Design [Cover] – John Murello
• Drums – Charlie Persip (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3), Chuck Lampkin (tracks: B4), Louis Bellson (tracks: A2, A4, B1)
• Engineer [Director Of Engineering] – Val Valentin
• Flute – Leo Wright (tracks: B4)
• Guitar – Herb Ellis (tracks: A2, A4, B1)
• Piano – Lalo Schifrin (tracks: B4), Oscar Peterson (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Ray Bryant (tracks: B3), Walter Davis (tracks: A1, A3), Wynton Kelly (tracks: B2)
• Saxophone – Benny Golson (tracks: B2), Billy Mitchell (tracks: A1, A3, B2), Bill Root (tracks: B2), Ernie Henry (tracks: B2), Ernie Wilkins (tracks: A1, A3), Jimmy Powell (tracks: A1, A3, B2), Marty Flax (tracks: A1, A3), Phil Woods (tracks: A1, A3)
• Supervised By – Norman Granz
• Tenor Saxophone – Sonny Rollins (tracks: B3), Sonny Stitt (tracks: B3), Stan Getz (tracks: A2, A4)
• Trombone – Al Grey (tracks: B2), Frank Rehak (tracks: A1, A3), Melba Liston (tracks: A1, A3, B2), Rod Leavitt (tracks: A1, A3, B2)
• Trumpet – Carl Warwick (tracks: A1, A3, B2), Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: A1 to B4), Ermet Perry (tracks: A1, A3, B2), Joe Gordon (tracks: A1, A3), Lee Morgan (tracks: B2), Quincy Jones (tracks: A1, A3), Ray Eldridge (tracks: B1), Talib Daawud (tracks: B2)

Notes

Selections originally produced under personal supervision of Norman Granz (from jacket)

Following information is from the Jazz Discography website (jazzdisco 'dot' org), its Dizzy Gillespie 'discography' page.

Track A1 recorded NYC 1956-06-06
Track A3 recorded NYC 1956-05-18 and 05-19
Tracks A2 and A4 recorded Los Angeles 1953-12-09
Track B1 recorded NYC 1954-10-29
Track B2 recorded NYC 1957-04-07
Track B3 recorded NYC 1957-12-19
Track B4 recorded NYC 1961-02-09

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• Rights Society: GEMA BIEM
• Matrix / Runout (stamped on vinyl): V6-8566 A Made in Germany p1963 G4 - K
• Matrix / Runout (stamped on vinyl): V6-8566 B Made in Germany p1963 G4 - K

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