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Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but addi ...

featuring performances of popular songs recorded in 1969 and originally released on the

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label.University of Idaho Dizzy Gillespie discography
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Track listing

# " Galveston" ( Jimmy Webb) - 2:38 # " This Girl's in Love with You" (

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, Hal David) - 4:00 # " Games People Play" ( Joe South) - 2:58 # "Magic Tree" (Richard Carpenter, Gladys Bruce, Gerald Ginsberg) - 3:06 # "Whatever Possess'd Me" ( Tadd Dameron,

Bernie Hanighen Bernard D. Hanighen (April 27, 1908 in Omaha, Nebraska – October 19, 1976 in New York City, New York) Attended Hackley School (Tarrytown, New York) - Class of 1926, also attended Harvard University - Class of 1930. He was an American songwrit ...

) - 3:47 # "

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" ( James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot) - 3:10 # " Bésame Mucho" (

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) - 4:03 # " I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (

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, Joe Young) - 3:03 # "Exotica" (L. Gillespie) - 4:17 # "Birk's Works" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 3:27

Personnel

- trumpet * Jerome Richardson -

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piccolo The piccolo ( ; Italian for 'small') is a half-size flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. Sometimes referred to as a "baby flute" the modern piccolo has similar fingerings as the standard transverse flute, but the so ...

*Joe De Angelis, Don Corrado, Paul Ingraham - French horn * Billy Butler - electric guitar * Paul Griffin - piano * Bob Bushnell - electric bass *Joe Marshall -

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*Paul Fein - tympani *Unnamed string section arranged and conducted by Jimmy Mundy

References

Solid State Records (jazz label) albums Dizzy Gillespie albums 1969 albums {{1960s-jazz-album-stub