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Dizzy Atmosphere is an album featuring members of Dizzy Gillespie's Orchestra including trombonist Al Grey, saxophonist Billy Mitchell and trumpeter Lee Morgan recorded in 1957 and released on the Specialty label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Disc
The Penguin Guide to Jazz

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "the music is modern bop for the period. Highlights include the ten-and-a-half-minute "Dishwater," "Over the Rainbow," and an early version of Golson's "Whisper Not." Morgan plays extremely well throughout the spirited set, and he was just 18 at the time".

Track listing

All compositions by Roger Spotts except where noted.

"Dishwater" – 12:05
"Someone I Know" – 3:59
"D.D.T." – 4:04
"Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) – 5:55
"About Time" – 3:14
"Day by Day" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) – 3:26
"Rite of Swing" – 3:14
"Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 4:18
"Someone I Know" – 4:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Whisper Not" (Golson) – 6:01 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Over the Rainbow" (Arlen, Harburg) – 4:34 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

Lee Morgan – trumpet
Al Grey – trombone
Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Billy Root – baritone saxophone
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul West – bass
Charlie Persip – drums
Benny Golson (tracks 4, 6 & 10), Roger Spotts (tracks 1–3, 5, 7–9 & 11) – arranger

References

Edwards, D., Callahan, M. and Watts, R.Specialty Album Discography, Part 2: SP-5000, SPS-4000, SPCD-7000, and SPCD-7200 Series accessed April 24, 2017
Lee Morgan Catalog accessed April 24, 2017
^ Yanow, Scott. ''Dizzy Atmosphere – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
Hall, Tony (5 July 1958). "Reviews". Disc. No. 22. p. 18.
Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1038. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

v t e Al Grey
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Dizzy Atmosphere (with Billy Mitchell, Lee Morgan, Charlie Persip, Paul West, Billy Root, and Wynton Kelly, 1957) The Last of the Big Plungers (1959) The Thinking Man's Trombone (1960) Snap Your Fingers (1962) Night Song (with Billy Mitchell, 1962) Having a Ball (1963) Boss Bone (1963) Shades of Grey (1965) Grey's Mood (1973 & 1975) Struttin' and Shoutin' (1976) Just Jazz (with Buddy Tate, 1984) The New Al Grey Quintet (1988)
Live albums	The Al Grey - Billy Mitchell Sextet (with Billy Mitchell, 1961)
Related articles	Count Basie Orchestra

v t e Lee Morgan
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956) Introducing Lee Morgan (1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (1956) Dizzy Atmosphere (1957) Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (1957) City Lights (1957) The Cooker (1957) Candy (1957–58) Peckin' Time (1958) Monday Night at Birdland (1958) Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959) Here's Lee Morgan (1960) Lee-Way (1960) Expoobident (1960) The Young Lions (1960) Take Twelve (1962) The Sidewinder (1963) Search for the New Land (1964) Tom Cat (1964) Cornbread (1965) Infinity (1965) The Gigolo (1965) The Night of the Cookers (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965) The Rumproller (1965) Delightfulee (1966) Charisma (1966) The Rajah (1966) Standards (1967) Sonic Boom (1967) The Procrastinator (1967–69) The Sixth Sense (1967) Taru (1968) Caramba! (1968) Live at the Lighthouse (1970) The Last Session (1971)
With Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Theory of Art (aka, A Night in Tunisia, 1957) Drums Around the Corner (1958–59) Moanin' (1958) 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958) Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958) Les Liaisons dangereuses (1958) Africaine (1959) At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959) Paris Jam Session (1959) The Big Beat (1960) A Night in Tunisia (1960) Like Someone in Love (1960) Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (1960) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961) The Freedom Rider (1961) The Witch Doctor (1961) Roots & Herbs (1961) Pisces (1961–64) Indestructible (1964) Golden Boy (1964) 'S Make It (1964) Soul Finger (1965) Hold On, I'm Coming (1965)
With Hank Mobley	Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (1956) No Room for Squares (1963) Dippin' (1965) A Caddy for Daddy (1965) A Slice of the Top (1966) Straight No Filter (1966) Third Season (1967)
With others	Minor Move (Tina Brooks, 1958) Blue Train (John Coltrane, 1957) Intensity (Charles Earland, 1972) Charles III (Charles Earland, 1972) Brass Shout (Art Farmer, 1959) Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959) The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (1959) Images of Curtis Fuller (1960) Dizzy in Greece (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Birks' Works (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (Benny Golson, 1958) A Blowin' Session (Johnny Griffin, 1957) Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966) Last Chorus (Ernie Henry, 1957) Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968) Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969) Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971) The Prime Element (Elvin Jones, 1969) Drums Around the World (Philly Joe Jones, 1959) The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959) Cliff Jordan (Clifford Jordan, 1957) Kelly Great (Wynton Kelly, 1959) Greasy Kid Stuff! (Harold Mabern, 1970) Jacknife (Jackie McLean, 1965) Consequence (Jackie McLean, 1965) Evolution (Grachan Moncur, 1963) Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959) Night Dreamer (Wayne Shorter, 1964) House Party (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58) The Sermon! (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58) Mr. Natural (Stanley Turrentine, 1964) Tender Moments (McCoy Tyner, 1967) Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson, 1967) Mother Ship (Larry Young, 1969) Love Bug (Reuben Wilson, 1969)
Discography

v t e Billy Mitchell
Studio albums	Dizzy Atmosphere (1957) The Last of the Big Plungers (1960) The Al Grey - Billy Mitchell Sextet (1962) Snap Your Fingers (1962) This Is Billy Mitchell (1962) Night Song (1963) A Little Juicy (1964) Now's the Time (1976) The Colossus of Detroit (1978) De Lawd's Blues (1980)
Live albums	Xanadu in Africa (1981) Night Flight to Dakar (1982)

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