Verve MGV-8352

The Greatest Trumpet Of Them All

Fresh Sound 1600 Series

Personnel:
Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Henry Coker (tb), Gigi Gryce (as), Benny Golson (ts), Pee Wee Moore (bs), Ray Bryant (p), Tommy Bryant (b), Charles Persip (d)

Reference: FSRCD 1641

Bar code: 8427328616416

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Dizzy Gillespie is showcased brilliantly through these sides as the pivotal figure of a small band with which he has not been identified often. When Gillespie told Benny Golson of his desire to record something with a new instrumentation, Benny suggested the octet pattern and called Gigi Gryce to share the writing chores. The results achieve their goal, presenting excellent voicing and accompaniment to a straight forward Gillespie in a refreshingly new framework for the greatest trumpet of them all.

Tracklist

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01.

Blues After Dark 6:31

A Night At Tony's 5:14

Total time: 41:29 min.

01. Blues after Dark (Golson) (6:29)
02. Seabreeze (Norman-Douglas/arr.Gryce) (3:17)
03. Out of the Past (Golson) (5:32)
04. Shabozz (Gryce) (6:00)
05. Reminiscing (Gryce) (4:50)
06. A Night at Tonys (Gryce) (5:11)
07. Smoke Signals (Gryce) (5:04)
08. Just by Myself (Golson) (4:47)

Album details

Orginally issued in LP as Verve MGV-8352.

Personnel:
The Dizzy Gillespie Octet
Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Henry Coker (tb), Gigi Gryce (as), Benny Golson (ts), Pee Wee Moore (bs), Ray Bryant (p), Tommy Bryant (b) and Charlie Persip (d).

Recorded in New York City, on December 17, 1957.

Original recordings produced by Norman Granz.
Produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol and "Beethoven" (jean-Michel Reisser).