Jazz Recital

Jazz Recital (also released as Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra) is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1954 and 1955 and released on the Norgran label. It consists of quintet, sextet and orchestrated tracks.[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]

For the album Jazz Recital by Charlie Byrd, see Charlie Byrd.

Jazz Recital
Studio album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1956
Recorded	May 25 & June 8, 1954 and September 12 & November 8, 1955 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Norgran MGN 1083[1]
Producer	Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Roy and Diz (1954) Jazz Recital (1956) One Night in Washington (1955)

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie and Buster Harding except as indicated

1. "Sugar Hips" (Dizzy Gillespie, Wade Legge) - 5:16
2. "Hey Pete" (Gillespie, Buster Harding, Lester Peterson) - 5:07
3. "Money Honey" (Jesse Stone) - 2:30
4. "Blue Mood" - 3:29
5. "Rails" - 3:30
6. "Devil and the Flesh" - 3:21
7. "Rumbola" - 3:25
8. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) - 3;26
9. "Play Me The Blues" -
10. "(Seems Like) You Just Don't Care" (Kitty Noble, Rose Marie McCoy) -

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet, vocals
• Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-7)
• Jimmy Cleveland - trombone (tracks 4-6 & 10)
• Harry Edison (tracks 8 & 9), Taft Jordan (track 10), Ermit V. Perry (track 10), Ernie Royal (track 10) - trumpet (tracks 5-8)
• Matthew Gee (track 10), Melba Liston (tracks 8 & 9), Jimmy Wilkins (track 10) - trombone
• Gigi Grice (track 10), Hilton Jefferson (track 10), Willie Smith (tracks 8 & 9) - alto saxophone
• Curtis Amy (tracks 8 & 9), Ed Beel (tracks 8 & 9), Ernie Wilkins (track 10), Budd Johnson (track 10) - tenor saxophone
• Clyde Dunn (tracks 8 & 9), Sahib Shihab (track 10) - baritone saxophone
• Wade Legge (tracks 1-7 & 10), Carl Perkins (tracks 8 & 9) - piano
• George Bledsoe (tracks 8 & 9), Nelson Boyd (track 10), Lou Hackney (tracks 1-7) - bass
• Al Bartee (tracks 8 & 9), Charlie Persip (tracks 1-7 & 10) - drums
• Toni Harper (tracks 8 & 9), Herb Lance (track 10) - vocals

References

1. Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin – via Google Books.
2. Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 27, 2012
3. Allmusic Review accessed March 27, 2012
4. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press – via Google Books.