''Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac'' is a live album 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 improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...

featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.Impulse! Records discography
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Reception

The

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review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3 stars stating "A strangely popular album for Dizzy Gillespie, ''Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac'' represents a period in his career where he was adapting to the times, keeping his goof factor on board, and individually playing as well as he ever had... This is not an essential listing in the vast discography of such a great jazz artist, but remains a curiosity in his collection, especially considering the two-day time frame where much more music could have been considered to be issued. It is not to be completely ignored, but less worthy than many of his other seminal groundbreaking recordings".Nastos, M. G
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated'' # "Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac" – 7:17 # " Mas que Nada" ( Jorge Ben) – 6:15 # "Bye" – 1:15 # "Something in Your Smile" (

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) – 2:40 # "Kush" – 15:50 :*Recorded at Memory Lane in Los Angeles, California on May 25 & 26, 1967

Personnel

– trumpet, vocals * James Moody –

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, flute, vocals * Mike Longo – piano * Frank Schifano –

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* Otis Candy Finch Jr. – drums

References

{{Authority control Impulse! Records live albums Dizzy Gillespie live albums 1967 live albums Albums produced by Bob Thiele