The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band

Live album by Dizzy Gillespie

Released

1968

Recorded

November 7, 1968
Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Berlin Jazz Festival, Berlin

Genre

Jazz

Length

39:34

Label

MPS
MPS 15207

Producer

Joachim-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 recorded at the Berlin Jazz Festival in 1968 and originally released on the German MPS label.^[1]

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".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

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

Personnel

Dizzy Gillespie, Dizzy Reece, Jimmy Owens, Stu Haimer, Victor Paz - trumpet
Curtis Fuller, Ted Kelly, Tom McIntosh - trombone
Chris Woods - alto saxophone
James Moody - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Paul Jeffery - tenor saxophone
Sahib Shihab - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone
Mike Longo - piano
Paul West - bass
Otis "Candy" Finch - drums

References

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

Dizzy Gillespie

Studio albums	Bird and Diz (1952) Afro (1954) Diz and Getz (1955) Dizzy and Strings (1954) Roy and Diz (1954) Jazz Recital (1956) The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956) World Statesman (1956) Dizzy in Greece (1956) For Musicians Only (1956) Birks' Works (1957) Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith (1957) Sittin' In (1957) Duets (1957) The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (1957) Sonny Side Up (1957) The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (1959) Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (1959) A Portrait of Duke Ellington (1960) Gillespiana (1960) Perceptions (1961) The New Continent (1962) New Wave (1963) Something Old, Something New (1963) Dizzy Goes Hollywood (1964) Jambo Caribe (1964) Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (1965) The Melody Lingers On (1966) It's My Way (1969) Cornucopia (1969) The Real Thing (1970) Portrait of Jenny (1970) Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (1974) The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (1974) Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie (1974) Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974) The Bop Session (1975) Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (1975) Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (1975) Bahiana (1975) Carter, Gillespie Inc. (1976) Dizzy's Party (1976) Free Ride (1977) The Gifted Ones (1977) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980) The Alternate Blues (1980) To a Finland Station (1981) Closer to the Source (1984) New Faces (1985) Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet (1986) Oop-Pop-A-Da (1988)

Live albums	Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (1957) An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (1961) Carnegie Hall Concert (1961) Dizzy on the French Riviera (1962) Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963) Live at the Village Vanguard (1967) Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (1967) The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (1968) Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in Concert (1971) Giants (1971) The Giants of Jazz (1971) The Giant (1973) The Source (1973) The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975) The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (1975) Dizzy Gillespie Jam (1977) Digital at Montreux, 1980 (1980) Musician, Composer, Raconteur (1981) One Night in Washington (1983) Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1989) Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (1989) Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (1992) To Bird with Love (1992) To Diz with Love (1992)

Compilation albums	Groovin' High (1955) Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (1976) The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995) The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952-1953 (2004) Dizzy Digs Paris (2006)

Soundtrack albums	The Cool World (1964) The Winter in Lisbon (1990)

Books	To Be or Not to Bop (1979)

Related	List of works

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