''Jambo Caribe'' is an album by trumpeter
Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1964 and released on the
Limelight label.
[Dizzy Gillespie discography](_blank)
accessed April 3, 2012
Reception
The
Allmusic
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review states "The populist Dizzy Gillespie gets full rein in this lively, happy collection of tunes exploring rhythms and idioms from the Caribbean. Gillespie is in an ebullient mood, even offering some sly lead calypso vocals on three numbers".
[Ginell, R. S]
Allmusic Review
accessed April 3, 2012
Track listing
''All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated''
# "Fiesta Mo-Jo" – 3:50
# "Barbados Carnival" (Chris White) – 2:55
# "Jambo" – 4:57
# "Trinidad, Hello" (Kenny Barron) – 4:20
# "Poor Joe" (Joe Willoughby) – 2:38
# "And Then She Stopped" – 3:15
# "Don't Try to Keep up with the Joneses" (Willoughby) – 2:36
# "Trinidad, Goodbye" (Barron) – 8:26
*Recorded at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois on November 4 (tracks 2 & 6), November 5 (tracks 3–5) and November 6 (tracks 1, 7 & 8), 1964
Personnel
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Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals
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James Moody –
tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...
, flute
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Kenny Barron – piano
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Chris White –
bass, vocals
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Rudy Collins
Rudy Collins (July 24, 1934 – August 15, 1988) was an American jazz drummer born in New York City.
Collins played trombone in high school and started on drums at that time as well. He studied with Sam Ulano during 1953–57 and began gigging in ...
– drums
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Kansas Fields – percussion
References
Dizzy Gillespie albums
1964 albums
Albums produced by Hal Mooney
Limelight Records albums
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