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Dizzy Gillespie
The Most Important Recordings Of Dizzy Gillespie
Compil. DK 1989 on Official label
Jazz
gatefold sleeve
Musicians
 | Dizzy Gillespie tr, 1917-1993 US album by, trumpet, trumpet, arranged by, trumpet, vocals |
 | Teddy Hill Orchestra , performer on track |
 | Howard Johnson as, US alto saxophone |
 | Russell Procope sax, as, cl, 1908-1981 US alto saxophone |
 | Richard "Dick" Fullbright b, ssph, 1901-1962 US bass |
 | Bill Beason dr, 1908-1988 US drums |
 | John Smith g, guitar |
 | Sam Allen p, 1909-1963 US piano |
 | Robert Carroll sax, 1905-1952 US tenor saxophone |
 | Teddy Hill ts, 1909-1978 US tenor saxophone |
 | Dickie Wells tb, 1907-1985 US trombone |
 | Frank Dillard , trumpet |
 | Shad Collins tr, 1910-1978 US trumpet |
 | Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra , US performer on track |
 | Benny Carter as, 1907-2003 US alto saxophone |
 | Milt Hinton b, 1910-2000 US bass |
 | Cozy Cole dr, 1909-1981 US drums |
 | Charlie Christian g, eg, 1916-1942 US guitar |
 | Clyde Hart p, 1910-1945 US piano |
 | Ben Webster ts, 1909-1973 US tenor saxophone |
 | Coleman Hawkins ts, 1904-1969 US tenor saxophone |
 | Leon "Chu" Berry ts, 1908-1941 US tenor saxophone |
 | Lionel Hampton vib, 1908-2002 US vibraphone |
 | Cab Calloway And His Orchestra , performer on track |
 | Andrew Brown sax, 1900-1960 US alto saxophone |
 | Hilton Jefferson sax, as, 1903-1968 US alto saxophone |
 | Jerry Blake as, cl, 1908-1961 US alto saxophone, clarinet |
 | Danny Barker g, bj, 1909-1994 US guitar |
 | Bennie Payne p, US piano |
 | Walter Thomas ts, as, 1907-1981 US tenor saxophone |
 | Keg Johnson tb, 1908-1967 US trombone |
 | Quentin Jackson tb, 1909-1976 US trombone |
 | Lammar Wright cor, 1907-1973 US trumpet |
 | Mario Bauzá sax, tr, 1911-1993 US trumpet |
 | Tyree Glenn tb, vib, 1912-1974 US vibraphone, trombone |
 | Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra , US performer on track |
 | Billy Bowen as, 1909-1982 US alto saxophone |
 | Tab Smith sax, voc, 1909-1971 US alto saxophone |
 | Ernest Purce ts, bs, sax, US baritone saxophone |
 | Nick Fenton b, bass |
 | Panama Francis dr, 1918-2001 US drums |
 | Trevor Bacon voc, g, guitar |
 | Lucky Millinder voc, 1910-1966 US leader |
 | Bill Doggett org, 1916-1996 US piano |
 | Dave Young ts, *1912 US tenor saxophone |
 | Stafford Simon ts, 1908-1960 tenor saxophone |
 | George Stevenson tb, *1906 trombone |
 | Joe Britton tb, 1903-1972 US trombone |
 | Nelson Bryant tr, US trumpet |
 | William Scott tr, trumpet |
 | Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra , performer on track |
 | Leo Parker bs, 1925-1962 US alto saxophone |
 | Leonard Lowry sax, US alto saxophone |
 | Budd Johnson ts, 1910-1984 US baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone |
 | Oscar Pettiford b, 1922-1960 US bass |
 | Max Roach dr, 1924-2007 US drums |
 | Don Byas ts, 1912-1972 US tenor saxophone |
 | Ray Abrams ts, 1920-1992 US tenor saxophone |
 | Eddie Vanderveer tr, trumpet |
 | Vic Coulson tr, US trumpet |
 | Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra , US performer on track |
 | Rudy Rutherford sax, cl, bs, 1924-1995 US baritone saxophone |
 | Shadow Wilson dr, 1919-1959 US drums |
 | Connie Wainwright g, guitar |
 | Thomas Crump sax, ts, tenor saxophone |
 | Wardell Gray ts, 1921-1955 US tenor saxophone |
 | Claude Jones tb, 1901-1962 US trombone |
 | Howard Scott tb, GB trombone |
 | Trummy Young tb, 1912-1984 US trombone |
 | Al Killian tr, 1916-1950 US trumpet |
 | Freddie Webster tr, 1916-1947 US trumpet |
 | Shorty McConnell tr, trumpet |
 | Billy Eckstine voc, tr, 1914-1993 US vocals |
 | Dizzy Gillespie All Stars , performer on track |
 | Shelly Manne dr, 1920-1984 US drums |
 | Joe Marsala Sextet , performer on track |
 | Irv Lang b, US bass |
 | Joe Marsala cl, 1907-1978 US clarinet |
 | Buddy Christian dr, US drums |
 | Chuck Wayne g, 1923-1997 US guitar |
 | Cliff Jackson p, 1902-1970 US piano |
 | Dizzy Gillespie Sextet , US performer on track |
 | Charlie Parker as, 1920-1955 US alto saxophone |
 | Slam Stewart b, voc, 1914-1987 US bass |
 | Remo Palmieri g, eg, *1923 US guitar |
 | Gus Evans as, alto saxophone |
 | Herbie Fields ts, cl, 1919-1958 US alto saxophone |
 | Charlie Fowlkes bs, sax, 1916-1980 US baritone saxophone |
 | Charles Harris b, 1916-2003 US bass |
 | Ted Sinclair b, US bass |
 | Fred Radcliffe dr, drums |
 | Billy Mackel g, 1910-1986 US guitar |
 | Milt Buckner org, p, 1915-1977 US piano |
 | Arnett Cobb ts, 1918-1989 US tenor saxophone |
 | Jay Peters ts, US tenor saxophone |
 | Abdul Hamid tb, US trombone |
 | Al "Purple" Hayes voc, g, trombone |
 | Andrew Penn tb, US trombone |
 | John Morris tb, US trombone |
 | Dave Page tr, US trumpet |
 | Joe Morris voc, tr, 1922-1958 US trumpet |
 | Lamar Wright tr, 1927-1983 US trumpet |
 | Wendell Culley tr, 1906-1983 US trumpet |
 | Dizzy Gillespie And His All Star Quintet , performer on track |
 | Curly Russell b, 1917-1986 US bass |
 | Sidney Catlett dr, 1910-1951 US drums |
 | Al Haig p, 1922-1982 US piano |
 | Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen , performer on track |
 | Ray Brown b, 1926-2002 US bass |
 | Stan Levey dr, 1926-2005 US drums |
 | Arvin Garrison voc, g, 1922-1960 US guitar |
 | George Handy p, piano |
 | Lucky Thompson ts, 1924-2005 US tenor saxophone |
 | Tempo Jazzmen , performer on track |
 | Milt Jackson vib, 1923-1999 US vibraphone, piano, or, piano, vibraphone |
 | Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra , performer on track |
 | J.C. Heard dr, 1917-1988 US drums |
 | Bill De Arango g, 1921-2005 US guitar |
 | John Brown as, alto saxophone |
 | Tadd Dameron p, 1917-1965 US arranged by |
 | Pee Wee Moore bs, US baritone saxophone |
 | Kenny Clarke dr, 1914-1985 US drums |
 | Thelonious Monk p, 1917-1982 US piano, either |
 | Warren Luckey ts, *1920 US tenor saxophone |
 | Alton Moore tb, 1908-1978 US trombone |
 | Charles Greenlee tb, alp, 1927-1993 US trombone |
 | Leon Comegys tb, 1917-1994 US trombone |
 | Dave Burns tr, 1924-2009 US trumpet |
 | John Lynch tr, trumpet |
 | Raymond Orr tr, trumpet |
 | Talib Daawud tr, 1923-1999 US trumpet |
 | John Lewis p, 1920-2001 US piano |
 | Gordon Thomas voc, trombone |
 | Cecil Payne bs, 1922-2007 US baritone saxophone |
 | Al McKibbon b, 1919-2005 US bass |
 | Chano Pozo bgo, cng, 1915-1948 CU congas, bongos |
 | George Nicholas ts, *1922 US tenor saxophone |
 | Joe Gayles ts, US tenor saxophone |
 | Shep Shepherd perc, *1917 US trombone |
 | Ted Kelly tb, 1921-2000 US trombone |
 | Elmon Wright tr, 1929-1984 US trumpet |
 | Matthew McKay tr, US trumpet |
 | Metronome All Stars , performer on track |
 | Eddie Safranski b, 1918-1974 US bass |
 | Buddy DeFranco cl, 1923-2014 US clarinet |
 | Buddy Rich dr, 1917-1987 US drums |
 | Billy Bauer g, 1915-2005 US guitar |
 | Nat King Cole voc, p, 1919-1965 US piano |
 | Flip Phillips ts, sax, 1915-2001 US tenor saxophone |
 | Bill Harris tb, 1916-1973 US trombone |
 | Benny Bailey tr, 1925-2005 US trumpet |
 | Ernie Henry as, 1926-1957 US alto saxophone |
 | Al Gibson bs, US baritone saxophone |
 | Teddy Stewart dr, US drums |
 | James Forman Jr. p, tb, piano |
 | Yusef Lateef fl, ts, 1920-2013 US tenor saxophone |
 | Andy Duryea tb, trombone |
 | Jesse "Rip" Tarrant tb, US trombone |
 | Sam Hurt tb, US trombone |
 | Benny Harris tr, US trumpet |
 | Willie Cook tr, 1970-2000 US trumpet |
 | Charlie Parker And His Orchestra , performer on track |
| Jack Cascales , bass |
 | Shirley Thompson , bassoon |
 | Vidal Bolado dr, 1914-1996 CU bongos |
 | Cy Bernard vc, US cello |
 | Eleanor Slatkin vc, US cello |
 | Felix Slatkin vn, 1915-1963 US cello |
 | Johnny Richards , 1911-1968 US conductor, arranged by |
 | Specs Wright dr, *1927 US drums |
| Askell Issenbuth , flute |
 | Philip Shuken sax, flute, bass |
 | John Graas frh, 1917-1962 US french horn |
| Harry Steinfeld , harp, oboe |
 | Paul Smith p, 1922-2013 US piano |
 | Dick Kenney tb, *1920 US trombone |
 | Hal Smith tb, US trombone |
 | Henry Coker tb, 1919-1979 US trombone |
 | Jack Shulman vn, US violin |
 | Victor Arno vn, violin |
 | Walter Edelstein vn, *1903 US violin |
 | Percy Heath b, 1923-2005 US bass |
 | Kansas Fields dr, 1915-1995 US drums |
 | Kenny Burrell g, *1931 US guitar |
 | John Coltrane ts, 1926-1967 US tenor saxophone |
 | Dizzy Gillespie Quintet , US performer on track |
 | Sahib Shihab bs, fl, 1925-1989 US baritone saxophone |
 | Lou Hackney b, US bass |
 | Al Jones dr, drums |
 | Wade Legge p, 1934-1963 US piano |
 | George Dorsey as, fl, sax, US alto saxophone |
 | Buster Harding p, 1912-1965 CA arranged by, arranged by, probably |
 | Danny Bank bs, bcl, 1922-2010 US baritone saxophone |
 | Charlie Persip dr, *1929 US drums |
 | Hank Mobley ts, 1930-1986 US tenor saxophone |
 | George Matthews tb, 1912-1982 US trombone |
 | J.J. Johnson tb, 1924-2001 US trombone |
 | Ernie Royal tr, 1921-1983 US trumpet |
 | Jimmy Nottingham tr, 1925-1978 US trumpet |
 | Quincy Jones voc, tr, *1933 US trumpet |
 | Gigi Gryce as, 1925-1983 US alto saxophone |
 | Nelson Boyd b, 1928-1985 US bass |
 | Ernie Wilkins ts, 1922-1999 US tenor saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranged by |
 | Jimmy Cleveland tb, 1926-2008 US trombone |
 | Jimmy Wilkins tb, 1921-2018 US trombone |
 | Matthew Gee tb, 1925-1979 US trombone |
 | Ermet Perry tr, trumpet |
 | Taft Jordan tr, 1915-1981 US trumpet |
 | Jimmy Powell as, sax, alto saxophone |
 | Phil Woods as, 1931-2015 US alto saxophone |
 | Marty Flax bs, sax, 1924-1972 US baritone saxophone |
 | Walter Davis Jr. p, 1932-1990 US piano |
 | Billy Mitchell ts, sax, 1926-2001 US tenor saxophone, arranged by |
 | Frank Rehak tb, 1926-1987 US trombone |
 | Melba Liston tb, 1926-1999 US trombone |
 | Rod Levitt tb, 1929-2007 US trombone |
 | Carl Warwick tr, trumpet |
 | Joe Gordon tr, 1928-1963 US trumpet |
 | Billy Root bs, 1934-2013 US baritone saxophone |
 | Paul West b, *1934 US bass |
 | Wynton Kelly p, 1931-1971 US piano |
 | Benny Golson ts, *1929 US tenor saxophone |
 | Al Grey tb, 1925-2000 US trombone |
 | Lee Morgan tr, 1938-1972 US trumpet |
Producers
| Mark Gardner liner notes |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Blue Rhythm Fantasy | Teddy Hill Orchestra | ||
| 2 | | Hot Mallets | Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra | ||
| 3 | | Pickin' The Cabbage | Cab Calloway And His Orchestra | ||
| 4 | | Bye Bye Blues | Cab Calloway And His Orchestra | ||
| 5 | | Little John Special | Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra | ||
| 6 | | Woody 'N' You | Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra | ||
| 7 | | Disorder At The Border | Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra | ||
| 8 | | I Stay In The Mood For You | Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra | ||
| 9 | | Good Bait | Dizzy Gillespie All Stars | ||
| 10 | | Perdido | Joe Marsala Sextet | ||
| 11 | | Groovin' High | Dizzy Gillespie Sextet | ||
| 12 | | Dizzy Atmosphere | Dizzy Gillespie Sextet | ||
| 13 | | Red Cross | Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra | ||
| 14 | | Salt Peanuts | Dizzy Gillespie And His All Star Quintet | ||
| 15 | | Shaw 'Nuff | Dizzy Gillespie And His All Star Quintet | ||
| 16 | Diggin' Diz | Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen | |||
| 17 | Confirmation | Tempo Jazzmen | |||
| 18 | A Night In Tunisia | Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra | |||
| 19 | Our Delight | Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra | |||
| 20 | Things To Come | Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra | |||
| 21 | Ow! | Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra | |||
| 22 | Leap Here | Metronome All Stars | |||
| 23 | Woody 'N' You (Algo Bueno) | Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra | |||
| 24 | Katy (Dizzier And Dizzier) | Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra | |||
| 25 | Bloomdido | Charlie Parker And His Orchestra | |||
| 26 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | Dizzy Gillespie | |||
| 27 | Tin Tin Deo | Dizzy Gillespie Sextet | |||
| 28 | Chris 'N' Diz | Dizzy Gillespie Quintet | |||
| 29 | Cool Eyes | Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra | |||
| 30 | Evening Sound | Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra | |||
| 31 | Groovin' For Nat | Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra | |||
| 32 | Jordu | Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra |
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