''Live at the Village Vanguard'' is a

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by American jazz trumpeter

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 recorded in 1967 at the Village Vanguard and originally released on three separate LPs on the

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label, one under the "Vanguard" title and as two volumes entitled ''Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon''.Dizzy Gillespie discography
accessed April 2, 2012 The recordings were subsequently re-released in unedited form as a 2-CD set on the Blue Note label in 1993.

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "These lengthy performances (all but one of the seven songs are over 11 minutes) contain some loose and rambling moments but also plenty of creative playing by this unusual group of all-stars".Yanow, S
Allmusic Review
accessed April 2, 2012

Track listing

''All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated'' ''Disc One:'' # "Birk's Works" – 17:57 Originally released in edited form on ''Live at the Village Vanguard'' but mis-titled "Dizzy's Blues" # "

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, Joe Young) – 13:30 Originally released in edited form on ''Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 1'' # " Lover, Come Back to Me" (

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, Sigmund Romberg) – 19:15 Originally released on ''Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Vol 1'' # "Blues for Max" – 9:10 Originally released on both ''Live at the Village Vanguard'' and ''Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 1'' ''Disc Two:'' # "Tour de Force" – 11:51 Originally released in edited form on both ''Live at the Village Vanguard'' and ''Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 2'' # "On the Trail" ( Ferde Grofe) – 16:43 Originally released in edited form on ''Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 2'' # " Sweet Georgia Brown" ( Ben Bernie,

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, Kenneth Casey) – 16:19 Originally released on ''Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Vol 2''

Personnel

– trumpet * Pepper Adams –

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* Ray Nance – violin (Disc one) * Garnett Brown – Trombone (Disc two) *

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– piano * Richard Davis –

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* Elvin Jones (Disc One, tracks 1 & 2), Mel Lewis (Disc One, tracks 3 & 4 and Disc Two) –

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References

{{Pepper Adams Blue Note Records live albums Solid State Records (jazz label) live albums Dizzy Gillespie live albums 1967 live albums Albums produced by Sonny Lester Albums recorded at the Village Vanguard