Dizzy Gillespie
Contributors: Young, Trummy; Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955; Wright, Leo, 1933-1991; Byas, Don; Coltrane, John, 1926-1967; Hawkins, Coleman; Moody, James, 1925-2010; Rollins, Sonny; Stitt, Sonny; Jackson, Milt; Kelly, Wynton; Lewis, John, 1920-2001; Monk, Thelonious; Schifrin, Lalo; Burrell, Kenny; Brown, Ray, 1926-2002; Heath, Percy, 1923-2005; Pettiford, Oscar, 1922-1960; Stewart, Slam; Pozo, Chano; Clarke, Kenny, 1914-1985; Cole, Cozy; Manne, Shelly; Persip, Charlie; Roach, Max, 1924-2007
Series: Ken Burns Jazz
Publisher: Verve Music Group; Distributed by Universal Music and Video Distribution, Inc.
Published: 2000
Place of publication: [New York]; Universal City, CA
Language: eng
Format: [sound recording]
Subjects: Jazz vocals; Trumpet music (Jazz); Jazz
Other titles: Definitive Dizzy Gillespie
Notes: Selections previously released.

Program notes by Brian Priestley in container insert.

Compilation produced by Ben Young.

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet ; with: Trummy Young, trombone ; Charlie Parker, Leo Wright, alto saxophone ; Don Byas, John Coltrane, Coleman Hawkins, James Moody, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, tenor saxophone ; Milt Jackson, vibraphone ; Wynton Kelly, John Lewis, Thelonious Monk, Lalo Schifrin, piano ; Kenny Burrell, guitar ; Ray Brown, Percy Heath, oscar Pettiford, Slam Stewart, bass ; Chano Pozo, conga, vocal ; Kenny Clarke, Cozy Cole, Shelly Manne, Charli Persip, Max Roach, drums ; and various vocal and instrumental acc.

Selections recorded between 1940 and 1967.

Compact disc.
Table of contents: title: Pickin' the cabbage -- (2:45); title: Disorder at the border -- (2:55); title: Salt peanuts -- (2:58); title: I can't get started -- (3:04); title: Night in Tunisia -- (3:10); title: Dizzy atmosphere -- (2:46); title: Groovin' high -- (2:40); title: Things to come -- (2:45); title: One bass hit, no.2 -- (2:53); title: Manteca -- (3:06); title: Bloomdido -- (3:25); title: Tin tin deo -- (2:39); title: Birks' works -- (4:53); title: Eternal triangle -- (14:10); title: No more blues =; title: Chega de saudade -- (10:20); title: Swing low, sweet Cadillac-- (7:24).