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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 James Moody recorded in 1969 and originally released on the

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Track listing

''All compositions by Mike Longo except as indicated'' # "N'Bani" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 4:05 # "Matrix" - 4:04 # "Alligator" - 5:06 # "Closer"

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/ "Closer" nstrumental(George Davis) - 3:17 # "Soul Kiss" - 4:07 # "High on a Cloud" (Fred Norman, Cliff Owens) - 3:20 # " Summertime" (

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...

) - 3:46 # "Let Me Outta Here" - 5:13 # "Ding-A-Ling" - 5:03

Personnel

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

* 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 th ...

(tracks 1, 5-8 & 10) *

Eric Gale Eric Gale (September 20, 1938 – May 25, 1994) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. ''Early life and career'' Born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, Gale grew up in a diverse household. His paternal grandfather was from Yorksh ...

(tracks 1, 6, 7 & 10), George Davis (tracks 2-5, 8 & 9) -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

Mike Longo Michael Josef Longo (March 19, 1937 – March 22, 2020) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and author. Early life Longo was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to parents who had a musical background. His father played bass, his mother played organ at c ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

*Nate Edmonds -

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(track 6) *

Chuck Rainey Charles Walter Rainey III (born June 17, 1940) is an American bass guitarist who has performed and recorded with many well-known acts, including Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, and Quincy Jones. Rainey is credited for playing bass on more than 1,00 ...

(track 6), Phil Upchurch (tracks 2-4, 7 & 8) - electric bass *Paul West -

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(tracks 1, 5, 7 & 10) * Otis "Candy" Finch (track 1, 7 & 10), David Lee (tracks 2-5, 8 & 9),

Bernard Purdie Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American drummer, and an influential R&B, soul and funk musician. He is known for his precise musical time keeping and his signature use of triplets against a half-time backbeat: the "Purdie ...

(track 6) -

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References

Perception Records albums Dizzy Gillespie albums 1970 albums {{1970s-jazz-album-stub