Dizzy Gillespie at Newport From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Dizzy Gillespie at Newport Live album by Dizzy Gillespie Released 1957 Recorded July 6, 1957, Newport, Rhode Island Length 51:59 Label Verve
Reception
The Allmusic review states \"This brilliant CD captures one of the high points of Dizzy Gillespie's remarkable career and is highly recommended\".[2] Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 5/5 stars[2] Track listing
\"Dizzy's Blues\" (Ahmad Kharab Salim) – 11:51 \"School Days\" (Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards) – 5:47 \"Doodlin'\" (Horace Silver) – 7:56 \"Manteca\" (Gil Fuller, Gillespie, Chano Pozo) – 7:11 \"I Remember Clifford\" (Benny Golson) – 4:48 \"Cool Breeze\" (Tadd Dameron, Billy Eckstine, Gillespie) – 10:33 \"Zodiac Suite: Virgo/Libra/Aries\" (Mary Lou Williams) – 10:28 Bonus track on CD reissue \"Carioca\" (Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans) – 3:41 Bonus track on CD reissue \"A Night in Tunisia\" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 10:00 Bonus track on CD reissue
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
Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals, arranger (track 4) Talib Dawud, Lee Morgan, Ermit V. Perry, Carl Warwick - trumpet Chuck Conners, Al Grey, Melba Liston - trombone Ernie Henry, Jimmy Powell - alto saxophone Benny Golson - tenor saxophone, arranger (track 5) Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone Pee Wee Moore - baritone saxophone Wynton Kelly (tracks 1-6 & 9), Mary Lou Williams (tracks 7 & 8) - piano Paul E. West - double bass Charlie Persip - drums Ahmad Kharab Salim (track 1), Tadd Dameron (track 6), Quincy Jones (track 2), Ernie Wilkins (track 3) - arr