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Bahiana
Studio album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1976
Recorded	November 19 & 20, 1975 Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	75:23
Label	Pablo 2625-708
Producer	Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (1975) Bahiana (1976) Carter, Gillespie Inc. (1976)
Original LP Cover

Bahiana is an album by Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1975 and released on the Pablo label.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Stewart Mason, in his review for AllMusic, called the album "one of Dizzy Gillespie's finest albums of the decade", commending the "richly expansive tunes built on pure carnival rhythms". Alun Morgan of Jazz Journal highlighted a "subtle interplay" between the jazzmen and Paulinho Da Costa. The journalist praised both the group as a whole, for their "control and sensitivity", and Dizzy Gillespie specifically, for his "exemplary" trumpet control.

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

1. "Carnival" - 8:02
2. "Samba" (Mike Longo) - 9:41
3. "Barcelona" (Al Gafa) - 12:24
4. "In the Land of the Living Dead" (Gafa) - 10:34
5. "Behind the Moonbeam" (Gafa) - 7:35
6. "The Truth" (Longo) - 8:27
7. "Pele" (Gafa) - 7:15
8. "Olinga" - 20:00

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
• Roger Glenn - flute, bass flute, vibraphone
• Al Gafa, Michael Howell - guitar
• Earl May - bass
• Mickey Roker - drums
• Paulinho Da Costa - percussion

References

1. Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 17, 2012
2. ^ Mason, Stewart. Bahiana at AllMusic
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 83. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 555. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Morgan, Alun (July 1976). "Record Reviews: Dizzy Gillespie – Bahiana". Jazz Journal. Vol. 29, no. 7. London: Novello & Co. p. 30. ISSN 0307-4439.

• Pablo Records albums
• Dizzy Gillespie albums
• Albums produced by Norman Granz
• 1976 albums