Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4

Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (also released as Dizzy's Big 4) is an album by Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1974 and released on the Pablo label.[1]

Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4
Studio album by
Released1975
RecordedSeptember 17 & 19, 1974
Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length44:38
LabelPablo
2310-719
ProducerNorman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
The Source
(1974)
Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4
(1975)
The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner
(1974)
Dizzy's Big 4 Cover

Reception

The Allmusic review called the album "easily one of Dizzy Gillespie's best small-group recordings from the latter portion of his career".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

  1. "Frelimo" - 8:14
  2. "Hurry Home" (Buddy Bernier, Joseph Meyer, Robert D. Emmerich) - 6:24
  3. "Russian Lullaby" (Irving Berlin) - 6:51
  4. "Be Bop (Dizzy's Fingers)" - 4:31
  5. "Birks' Works" - 8:55
  6. "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) - 2:48
  7. "Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) - 6:55

Personnel

References

  1. Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 16, 2012
  2. Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed April 16, 2012
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 83. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.


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