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<i>Dizzy in Greece</i>

Dizzy in Greece

1957 studio album by Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy in Greece is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1956 and 1957 and released on the Verve label.[2] The album was reissued as part of the 2CD compilation Birks Works: The Verve Big Band Sessions.[3][4]

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Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4.5 stars.[5]

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Track listing

Side One:

  1. "Hey Pete" (Dizzy Gillespie, Buster Harding, Lester Peterson) - 5:39
  2. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 3:46
  3. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Gillespie, Chano Pozo) - 4:17
  4. "Groovin' for Nat" (Ernie Wilkins) - 3:21
  5. "Annie's Dance" (Melba Liston) - 4:05

Side Two:

  1. "Cool Breeze" (Tadd Dameron, Billy Eckstine, Gillespie) - 4:55
  2. "School Days" (Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards) - 4:23
  3. "That's All" (Pete Anson, composer and arranger) - 3:13
  4. "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) - 4:12
  5. "Groovin' High" (Gillespie) - 3:53
  • Recorded in New York City on May 18 or 19 (Side One, track 1), June 6, 1956 (Side One, tracks 2-5 and Side Two, tracks 1 & 2) and April 7 & 8, 1957 (Side Two, tracks 3-5)

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. [2]
    Gillespie discography accessed March 26, 2012
  3. [3]
    Yanow, S. Birks Works Allmusic Review accessed March 26, 2012
  4. [4]
    Yanow, Scott (May 14, 2000). Bebop. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306083 – via Google Books.
  5. [5]
    Allmusic Review accessed April 4, 2012
  6. [6]
    Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.



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