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

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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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