''Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4'' (also released as ''Dizzy's Big 4'') is an album by
Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1974 and released on the
Pablo
Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul.
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label.
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accessed April 16, 2012
Reception
The
AllMusic
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review called the album "easily one of Dizzy Gillespie's best small-group recordings from the latter portion of his career".
[Dryden, K]
AllMusic Review
accessed April 16, 2012
Track listing
''All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated''
# "Frelimo" - 8:14
# "Hurry Home" (
Buddy Bernier Henry 'Buddy' Bernier (April 21, 1910 – June 18, 1983) was an American lyricist born in Watertown, New York, who was mainly active during the 1940s and 1950s. He came from a show business family and had two sisters, Daisy and Peggy who were each a ...
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Joseph Meyer, Robert D. Emmerich) - 6:24
# "Russian Lullaby" (
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; yi, ישראל ביילין; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-American composer, songwriter and lyricist. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook.
Born in Imperial Russ ...
) - 6:51
# "Be Bop (Dizzy's Fingers)" - 4:31
# "Birks' Works" - 8:55
# "
September Song
"September Song" is an American standard popular song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Maxwell Anderson. It was introduced by Walter Huston in the 1938 Broadway musical production ''Knickerbocker Holiday.'' The song has been recorded by num ...
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Maxwell Anderson
James Maxwell Anderson (December 15, 1888 – February 28, 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist, and lyricist.
Background
Anderson was born on December 15, 1888, in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, the second of eight children to ...
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Kurt Weill) - 2:48
# "
Jitterbug Waltz
"Jitterbug Waltz" is a 1942 jazz composition by Fats Waller and initially recorded the same year by Fats Waller and His Rhythm. It was also recorded by Art Tatum, Erroll Garner, Chet Atkins, Vince Guaraldi, Butch Thompson, Al Hirt, Eric Dolphy, ...
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Fats Waller) - 6:55
Personnel
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Dizzy Gillespie -
trumpet
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Joe Pass
Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. Pass is well known for his work stemming from numerous collaborations with pianist Oscar Peterson and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, an ...
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guitar
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Ray Brown -
bass
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Mickey Roker
Granville William "Mickey" Roker (September 3, 1932 – May 22, 2017) was an American jazz drummer.
Biography
Roker was born into extreme poverty in Miami to Granville (Sr.) and Willie Mae Roker. After his mother died (his father never lived wi ...
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drums
References
Pablo Records albums
Dizzy Gillespie albums
Albums produced by Norman Granz
1975 albums
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