Dizzy in Greece

Dizzy in Greece
Dizzy in Greece
Studio album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1957
Recorded	May 18 or 19, June 6, 1956 and April 7 & 8, 1957
Studio	NYC
Genre	Jazz
Labels	Verve; MGV 8017
Producer	Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology

Dizzy in Greece is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1956 and 1957 and released on the Verve label.^[2]

Release history

The album was reissued as part of the 2CD compilation Birks Works: The Verve Big Band Sessions.^[3]^[4]

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4.5 stars.^[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[6]

Track listing

Side A

"Hey Pete" (Dizzy Gillespie, Buster Harding, Lester Peterson) – 5:39
"Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 3:46
"Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Gillespie, Chano Pozo) – 4:17
"Groovin' for Nat" (Ernie Wilkins) – 3:21
"Annie's Dance" (Melba Liston) – 4:05

Side B

"Cool Breeze" (Tadd Dameron, Billy Eckstine, Gillespie) – 4:55
"School Days" (Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards) – 4:23
"That's All" (Pete Anson, composer and arranger) – 3:13
"Stablemates" (Benny Golson) – 4:12
"Groovin' High" (Gillespie) – 3:53

Recorded in New York City on May 18 or 19 (Side A, track 1), June 6, 1956 (Side A, tracks 2-– and Side B, tracks 1 & 2) and April 7 & 8, 1957 (Side B, tracks 3–5)

Personnel

May 18 or 19th and June 6th, 1956

Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Gordon, Quincy Jones, Ermit V. Perry, Carl Warwick – trumpet
Rod Levitt, Melba Liston, Frank Rehak – trombone
Jimmy Powell, Phil Woods – alto saxophone
Billy Mitchell, Ernie Wilkins – tenor saxophone
Marty Flax – baritone saxophone
Walter Davis Jr. – piano
Paul West – bass
Charlie Persip – drums

April 7th & 8th, 1957

Dizzy Gillespie, Talib Daawud, Lee Morgan Ermit V. Perry, Carl Warwick – trumpet
Al Grey – trombone
Ernie Henry – alto saxophone
Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
Billy Root – baritone saxophone
Wynton Kelly – piano
Nelson Boyd – bass
Charlie Persip – drums

References

↑ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
↑ Gillespie discography accessed March 26, 2012
↑ Yanow, S. Birks Works Allmusic Review accessed March 26, 2012
↑ Yanow, Scott (May 14, 2000). Bebop. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306083 – via Google Books.
1 2 Allmusic Review accessed April 4, 2012
↑ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.

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[1] Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.

[Dizzy_Gillespie_discography-2] Gillespie discography accessed March 26, 2012

[3] Yanow, S. Birks Works Allmusic Review accessed March 26, 2012

[4] Yanow, Scott (May 14, 2000). Bebop. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306083 – via Google Books.

[Allmusic-5] 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed April 4, 2012

[6] Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.

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v t e Dizzy Gillespie
Studio albums	Bird and Diz (1952) Afro (1954) Diz and Getz (1955) Dizzy and Strings (1954) Roy and Diz (1954) Jazz Recital (1956) The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956) World Statesman (1956) Dizzy in Greece (1956) For Musicians Only (1956) Birks' Works (1957) Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith (1957) Sittin' In (1957) Duets (1957) The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (1957) Sonny Side Up (1959) The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (1959) Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (1959) A Portrait of Duke Ellington (1960) Gillespiana (1960) Perceptions (1961) The New Continent (1962) New Wave (1963) Something Old, Something New (1963) Dizzy Goes Hollywood (1964) Jambo Caribe (1964) I/We Had a Ball (1965) Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (1965) The Melody Lingers On (1966) It's My Way (1969) Cornucopia (1969) The Real Thing (1970) Portrait of Jenny (1970) Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (1974) The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (1974) Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie (1974) Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974) The Bop Session (1975) Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (1975) Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (1975) Bahiana (1975) Carter, Gillespie Inc. (1976) Dizzy's Party (1976) Free Ride (1977) The Gifted Ones (1977) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980) The Alternate Blues (1980) To a Finland Station (1983) Closer to the Source (1984) New Faces (1985) Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet (1986) Endlessly (1988) Oop-Pop-A-Da (1988)
Live albums	Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (1957) An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (1961) Carnegie Hall Concert (1961) Dizzy on the French Riviera (1962) Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963) Live at the Village Vanguard (1967) Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (1967) The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (1968) Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in Concert (1971) Giants (1971) The Giants of Jazz (1971) The Giant (1973) The Source (1973) The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975) The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (1975) Dizzy Gillespie Jam (1977) Digital at Montreux, 1980 (1980) Musician, Composer, Raconteur (1981) One Night in Washington (1983) Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1989) Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (1989) Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (1992) To Bird with Love (1992) To Diz with Love (1992)
Compilation albums	Modern Jazz Trumpets (1951) Groovin' High (1955) Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (1976) The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995) The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952–1953 (2004) Dizzy Digs Paris (2006)
Soundtracks	The Cool World (1964) The Winter in Lisbon (1990)
Compositions	"Anthropology" "Birks' Works" "Blue 'n' Boogie" "Con Alma" "Dizzy Atmosphere" "Groovin' High" "Manteca" "A Night in Tunisia" "Oop Bop Sh'Bam" "Salt Peanuts" "Woody 'n' You"
Books	To Be or Not to Bop (1979)
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v t e Lee Morgan
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956) Introducing Lee Morgan (1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (1956) Dizzy Atmosphere (1957) Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (1957) City Lights (1957) The Cooker (1957) Candy (1957–58) Peckin' Time (1958) Monday Night at Birdland (1958) Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959) Here's Lee Morgan (1960) Lee-Way (1960) Expoobident (1960) The Young Lions (1960) Take Twelve (1962) The Sidewinder (1963) Search for the New Land (1964) Tom Cat (1964) Cornbread (1965) Infinity (1965) The Gigolo (1965) The Night of the Cookers (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965) The Rumproller (1965) Delightfulee (1966) Charisma (1966) The Rajah (1966) Standards (1967) Sonic Boom (1967) The Procrastinator (1967–69) The Sixth Sense (1967) Taru (1968) Caramba! (1968) Live at the Lighthouse (1970) The Last Session (1971)
With Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Theory of Art (aka, A Night in Tunisia, 1957) Drums Around the Corner (1958–59) Moanin' (1958) 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958) Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958) Les Liaisons dangereuses (1958) Africaine (1959) At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959) Paris Jam Session (1959) The Big Beat (1960) A Night in Tunisia (1960) Like Someone in Love (1960) Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (1960) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961) The Freedom Rider (1961) The Witch Doctor (1961) Roots & Herbs (1961) Pisces (1961–64) Indestructible (1964) Golden Boy (1964) 'S Make It (1964) Soul Finger (1965) Hold On, I'm Coming (1965)
With Hank Mobley	Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (1956) No Room for Squares (1963) Dippin' (1965) A Caddy for Daddy (1965) A Slice of the Top (1966) Straight No Filter (1966) Third Season (1967)
With others	Minor Move (Tina Brooks, 1958) Blue Train (John Coltrane, 1957) Intensity (Charles Earland, 1972) Charles III (Charles Earland, 1972) Brass Shout (Art Farmer, 1959) Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959) The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (1959) Images of Curtis Fuller (1960) Dizzy in Greece (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Birks' Works (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (Benny Golson, 1958) A Blowin' Session (Johnny Griffin, 1957) Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966) Last Chorus (Ernie Henry, 1957) Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968) Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969) Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971) The Prime Element (Elvin Jones, 1969) Drums Around the World (Philly Joe Jones, 1959) The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959) Cliff Jordan (Clifford Jordan, 1957) Kelly Great (Wynton Kelly, 1959) Greasy Kid Stuff! (Harold Mabern, 1970) Jacknife (Jackie McLean, 1965) Consequence (Jackie McLean, 1965) Evolution (Grachan Moncur, 1963) Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959) Night Dreamer (Wayne Shorter, 1964) House Party (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58) The Sermon! (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58) Mr. Natural (Stanley Turrentine, 1964) Tender Moments (McCoy Tyner, 1967) Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson, 1967) Mother Ship (Larry Young, 1969) Love Bug (Reuben Wilson, 1969)
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