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1968 live album by Dizzy Gillespie
The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band
Live album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released1968
RecordedNovember 7, 1968
VenueBerlin Philharmonic Hall, Berlin Jazz Festival, Germany
GenreJazz
Length39:34
LabelMPS
ProducerJoachim-Ernst Berendt
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Live at the Village Vanguard
(1967)
The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band
(1968)
It's My Way
(1969)

The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (subtitled 20th and 30th Anniversary) is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie that was recorded at the Berlin Jazz Festival in 1968 and released by MPS.

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "This little-known LP actually contains one of Dizzy Gillespie's greatest performances of the 1960s... Although already 51, the trumpeter is heard at his best on this hard-to-find but essential LP".

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Allmusic

Track listing

  1. "Things to Come" (Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller) - 5:29
  2. "One Bass Hit" (Gillespie, Fuller) - 6:35
  3. "Frisco" (Mike Longo) - 7:55
  4. "Con Alma" (Gillespie) - 10:15
  5. "The Things Are Here" (Gillespie) - 7:40
  6. "Theme - Birks' Works" (Gillespie, Barney Kessel) - 1:40

Personnel

References

  1. MPS Records discography accessed April 12, 2012
  2. ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 12, 2012
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