Dizzy Gillespie - Career: 1937-1992

Title: Career: 1937-1992 Artist: Dizzy Gillespie Release Date: 4/26/2005 Label: Shout! Factory Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 826663085020 Genre: Jazz Styles: Big Band, World Fusion, Bop, Swing, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Standards, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Boisterous, Carefree, Cheerful, Complex, Confident, Earthy, Elegant, Energetic, Exuberant, Freewheeling, Fun, Joyous, Laid-Back/Mellow, Passionate, Playful, Rousing, Sophisticated, Earnest, Rambunctious, Stately, Street-Smart, Stylish Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. King Porter Stomp
2. Pickin' the Cabbage
3. Opus X
4. I Can't Get Started
5. Good Bait
6. Blue 'n' Boogie
7. Groovin' High
8. All the Things You Are
9. Dizzy Atmosphere
10. Oop-Bop-Sh'bam
11. Things to Come
12. Two Bass Hit
13. Cubana Be/Cubana Bop
14. Manteca
15. Jump Did-Le-Ba
16. Hey Pete! Let's Eat Mo' Meat!
17. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
18. Bloomdido
19. Birk's Works
20. I've Found a New Baby
21. Salt Peanuts [Live]

1. Perdido [Live]
2. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
3. Mean to Me
4. Cool Breeze [Live]
5. I Remember Clifford
6. A Night in Tunisia [Live]
7. Chega de Saudade (No More Blues)
8. Woody 'n' You [Live]
9. Exuberante
10. Wheatleigh Hall
11. Bebop [Live]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD Shout! Factory 30850

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Any two-disc collection -- no matter how well-intentioned, as this one most certainly is -- that aims to cover a career 53 years long is going to be full of holes. That said, Shout Factory's handsomely packaged label-crossing Career: 1937-1992 tries hard. Beginning with Gillespie's tenure in the NBC Orchestra led by Teddy Hill, Diz can be heard alongside Dicky Wells, Russell Procope, and Howard Johnson tearing it up on "King Porter Stomp." Also from the early years are tracks that mark Diz's tenure with Cab Calloway and Billy Eckstine -- "Pickin' the Cabbage" and "Opus X," respectively. On disc one, the years 1945-1949 are particularly well represented -- there are a few cuts from just before Charlie Parker and Gillespie teamed up, and their time together is well considered here. There is also a version of "Birk's Works," from 1951 in Detroit, that stars a young John Coltrane alongside Kenny Burrell, Milt Jackson, and Percy Heath on Diz's own Dee Gee label. Disc two begins with a track from Jazz at Massey Hall and moves through the Diz and Getz set into the Modern Jazz Sextet with John Lewis, Sonny Stitt, Charlie Persip, Skeeter Best, and Percy Heath. Gillespie's big bands of the late '50s are documented here, from Dizzy Gillespie at Newport and The Big Band Sound of Dizzy Gillespie, as are his fine quintets from the early '60s that starred Lalo Schifrin on piano. In addition, the Machito reunion from 1975 -- conducted by Chico O'Farrill -- and dates with Arturo Sandoval are here, as well as a track from Gillespie's final offering, To Bird With Love. Sure, there is plenty to argue with here, about what is not included as well as what is. But with the fine digipack box, great notes by Neil Tesser, and a price that's mighty attractive, this is a fine little intro to Diz's legend. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Gibson Sax (Baritone) Al Grey Trombone Al Haig Vibraphone, Piano Al McKibbon Bass Andy Duryea Trombone Antonio Hart Sax (Alto) Art Blakey Drums Arturo Sandoval Trumpet Barry Morrow Trombone Benny Bailey Trumpet Benny Golson Sax (Tenor) Benny Harris Trumpet Benny Payne Piano Bill Beason Drums Bill Dillard Trumpet Bill Frazier Sax (Alto) Bill Shepherd Singers Trombone Billy Eckstine Leader, Vocals Bob Cunningham Bass Bud Powell Piano Buddy Rich Drums Cab Calloway Vocals Candido Camero Conga Carl Warwick Trumpet Carlos Castillo Bass Cecil Payne Sax (Baritone) Chano Pozo Bongos, Vocals, Conga Charles "Majeed" Greenlee Trombone Charles Mingus Bass, Double Bass Charlie Parker Sax (Alto) Charlie Persip Drums Chico O'Farrill Arranger, Conductor Chris White Bass Chu Berry Sax (Tenor) Chuck Connors Trombone Chuck Lampkin Drums Chuck Wayne Guitar Clifford Jordan Sax (Tenor) Clifton Best Guitar Clyde Hart Piano Connie Wainwright Guitar Cozy Cole Drums Curly Russell Bass Dana McCurdy Synthesizer Danilo Perez Piano Danny Barker Guitar Dave Burns Trumpet David P. Jackson Photography Dexter Gordon Sax (Tenor) Dicky Wells Trombone Dizzy Gillespie Trumpet, Vocals Don Byas Sax (Tenor) Dwike Mitchell Piano Elmon Wright Trumpet Ermet Perry Trumpet Ernie Henry Sax (Alto) Esko Linnavalli Piano Esko Rosnell Drums Frank "Machito" Grillo Maracas, Claves Frank Paparelli Piano Gail Brockman Trumpet Gene Ammons Sax (Tenor) George Mraz Double Bass, Bass George Nicholas Sax (Tenor) Gerald Valentine Trombone Gil Fuller Vocals, Arranger Gordon Thomas Trombone Herb Ellis Guitar Hilton Jefferson Sax (Alto) Howard H. Scott Trombone Irv Kluger Drums J.J. Johnson Trombone Jack Jeffers Trombone Jeff Palo Producer Jerry Blake Sax (Alto), Clarinet Jesse Tarrant Trombone Joe Carroll Vocals Joe Gayles Sax (Tenor) Joe Harris Drums John "BJ John" Smith Guitar John Collins Guitar John Coltrane Sax (Tenor), Sax (Alto) John Lewis Piano John Lynch Trumpet John Malachi Piano John Richard Lewis Piano, Arranger John Roberts Package Supervision, Artwork Johnny Jackson Sax (Alto) Jorge Dalto Piano (Electric) Kansas Fields Drums Keg Johnson Trombone Kenny Burrell Guitar Kenny Clarke Drums Kenny Dorham Trumpet Lalo Schifrin Piano Lamar Wright Trumpet Lammar Wright, Jr. Trumpet Leo Parker Sax (Baritone) Leo Wright Flute, Sax (Alto) Leon Comegys Trombone Leslie Yahonikan Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Baritone) Lewis Kahn Trombone Lewis Nash Drums Louie Bellson Drums Machito Claves, Maracas Manny Duran Trumpet, Flugelhorn Mario Bauzá Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Trumpet Mario Grillo Cowbell, Bongos Mario Rivera Sax (Tenor), Flute (Alto) Matthew McKay Trumpet Mauricio Smith Piccolo, Flute, Sax (Alto) Max Roach Drums Melba Liston Trombone Mickey Roker Drums Milt Hinton Bass Milt Jackson Vibraphone Murray Shipinski Bass Neil Tesser Liner Notes Oscar Peterson Piano Oscar Pettiford Bass, Double Bass Papo Pepin Conga Patrick Milligan Compilation Producer Paul E. West Bass Paul Gonzalez Trumpet, Flugelhorn Pee Wee Moore Trombone, Sax (Baritone) Pekka Sarmanto Bass Percy Heath Bass, Double Bass Quentin Jackson Trombone Ray Abrams Sax (Tenor) Ray Brown Double Bass, Bass Ray Connor Trombone (Bass) Raymond Orr Trumpet Remo Palmieri Guitar Roy Eldridge Trumpet Rudy Collins Drums Russell Procope Clarinet, Sax (Alto) Sam Allen Piano Sam Hurt Trombone Sarah Vaughan Vocals Shad Collins Trumpet Shelly Manne Drums Shorty McConnell Trumpet Slam Stewart Double Bass, Bass Sonny Stitt Sax (Alto) Stan Getz Sax (Tenor) Talib Dawud Trumpet Taswell Baird Trombone Ted Kelly Trombone Teddy Hill Sax (Tenor) Teddy Stewart Drums Thelonious Monk Piano Tom Recchion Art Direction, Design Tommy Potter Bass Trummy Young Trombone Tyree Glenn Trombone, Vibraphone Victor Paz Trumpet, Flugelhorn Walter Thomas Sax (Tenor) Warren Luckey Sax (Tenor) Willie Bobo Conga Willie Cook Trumpet Willie Ruff Bass Wynton Kelly Piano Yusef Lateef Sax (Tenor)