Twelve Classic Albums

~ Release by Dizzy Gillespie (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1: Bird & Diz / Have Trumpet Will Excite
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1Bloom Dido
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1950-06-06)
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1950-06-06)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1950-06-06)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1950-06-06)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1950-06-06)
orchestra:
Charlie Parker Quintet (on 1950-06-06)
recording of:
Bloomdido (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:28
2My Meloncholy Baby
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1950-06-06)
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1950-06-06)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1950-06-06)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1950-06-06)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1950-06-06)
later releases:
My Melancholy Baby by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
instrumental recording of:
My Melancholy Baby (on 1950-06-06)
lyricist:
George A. Norton (in 1912)
composer:
Ernie Burnett (in 1911)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
version of:
Melancholy (original 1911 version of "My Melancholy Baby", lyrics by Maybelle E. Watson)
3:26
3Relaxin' With Lee
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1950-06-06)
double bass [bass]:
Curley Russell (on 1950-06-06)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1950-06-06)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1950-06-06)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1950-06-06)
recording of:
Relaxin' with Lee (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:49
4Leap Frog
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1949-05-05, on 1950-06-06)
double bass:
Curley Russell (on 1950-06-06)
double bass [bass]:
Curley Russell (on 1949-05-05)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1949-05-05, on 1950-06-06)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1949-05-05, on 1950-06-06)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1949-05-05, on 1950-06-06)
recording of:
Leap Frog (on 1949-05-05)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
recording of:
Leap Frog (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:32
5An Oscar for Treadwell
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1950-06-06)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Curley Russell (on 1950-06-06)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1950-06-06)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1950-06-06)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1950-06-06)
recording of:
An Oscar for Treadwell (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
3:27
6Mohawk
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1950-06-06)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Curley Russell (on 1950-06-06)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1950-06-06)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1950-06-06)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1950-06-06)
recording of:
Mohawk (on 1950-06-06)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
23:38
7My Heart Belongs to Daddy
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Sam Jones (jazz bassist) (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
drums (drum set):
Lex Humphries (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
guitar:
Les Spann (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
piano:
Junior Mance (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
recorded at:
Columbia Recording Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
cover recording of:
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
6:01
8My Man
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Sam Jones (jazz bassist) (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
drums (drum set):
Lex Humphries (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
guitar:
Les Spann (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
piano:
Junior Mance (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
recorded at:
Columbia Recording Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
4:18
9Moonglow
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Sam Jones (jazz bassist) (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
drums (drum set):
Lex Humphries (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
guitar:
Les Spann (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
piano:
Junior Mance (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
recorded at:
Columbia Recording Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
6:23
10St Louis Blues
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Sam Jones (jazz bassist) (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
drums (drum set):
Lex Humphries (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
guitar:
Les Spann (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
piano:
Junior Mance (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
recorded at:
Columbia Recording Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
5:53
11Woddy 'N' You
producer:
Norman Granz
congas:
Carlos “Patato” Valdés (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
double bass:
Sam Jones (jazz bassist) (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
drums (drum set):
Lex Humphries (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
guitar:
Les Spann (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
piano:
Junior Mance (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
recorded at:
Columbia Recording Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
recording of:
Woody ’n’ You
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
6:22
12Wrap Your Troubles In Dream (and dream your troubles away)
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Sam Jones (jazz bassist) (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
drums (drum set):
Lex Humphries (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
guitar:
Les Spann (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
piano:
Junior Mance (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
recorded at:
Columbia Recording Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
recording of:
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1931) and Billy Moll (in 1931)
composer:
Harry Barris (in 1931)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. and Ted Koehler Music Co.
7:15
13There is No Greater Love
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Sam Jones (jazz bassist) (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
drums (drum set):
Lex Humphries (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
guitar:
Les Spann (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
piano:
Junior Mance (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
recorded at:
Columbia Recording Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-02-17 until 1959-02-20)
recording of:
There Is No Greater Love
lyricist:
Marty Symes (lyricist)
composer:
Isham Jones
publisher:
Banta Music, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and World Music, Inc.
3:24
14I Found A Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)
6:29
▶CD 2: Afro / Sonny Side Up
▶CD 3: Dizzy in Greece / Perceptions
▶CD 4: Birks Works / Dues (with Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt)
▶CD 5: Gillespiana / Carnegie Hall Concert
▶CD 6: Dizzy Gillespie at Newport / An Electrifying Evening with The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet