Groovin' High (Dizzy Gillespie album)

Groovin' High is a 1955 compilation album of studio sessions by jazz composer and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. The Rough Guide to Jazz describes the album as "some of the key bebop small-group and big band recordings."[1]

Groovin' High
Compilation album by
Released1955
Recorded1945 – December 11, 1947
GenreJazz, bebop
Length36:38
LabelSavoy

Reception

Jazz critic Scott Yanow concedes that the music included is classic, but dismisses the compilation over-all as "so-so" because of its brevity, because of the outdated and lightweight liner notes and because the material presented does not represent the complete sessions at which the material was played.[2] The compilation features Gillespie with a number of combinations and other musicians, including his 1946 big band, Charlie Parker, a sextet with Dexter Gordon and a combo featuring Sonny Stitt.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

Track listing

  1. "Blue 'n' Boogie" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 3:00
  2. "Groovin' High" (Gillespie) – 2:40
  3. "Dizzy Atmosphere" (Gillespie) – 2:45
  4. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern) – 2:52
  5. "Hot House" (Tadd Dameron) – 2:27
  6. "Salt Peanuts" (Kenny Clarke, Gillespie) – 2:20
  7. "Oop Bop Sh'Bam" (Ray Brown, Gil Fuller, Gillespie) – 3:06
  8. "That's Earl, Brother" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) – 2:55
  9. "Things to Come" (Fuller, Gillespie) – 2:47
  10. "One Bass Hit, Pt. 2" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) – 2:46
  11. "Ray's Idea" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) – 3:09
  12. "Our Delight" (Dameron) – 2:40
  13. "Emanon" (Gillespie, Shaw) – 3:11

Personnel


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References

  1. Carr, Ian; Brian Fairweather; Charles Alexander Priestley (2004). The Rough Guide to Jazz. Rough Guides. p. 293. ISBN 1-84353-256-5.
  2. "Groovin' High [Savoy] - Dizzy Gillespie | Release Info". AllMusic.
  3. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press via Google Books.
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