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GILLESPIE Dizzy
(tr)

Personal Data:

Born: 21.10.1917 (Cheraw, South Carolina, USA, as John Birks Gillespie)
Died: 06.01.1993 (pancreatic cancer)
GILLESPIE Dizzy (photo)

Appearances:

ex The Quintet

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Sarah Vaughan & Dizzy Gillespie
& Sarah Vaughan
?
2.Night In Tunisia1942
3.Salt Peanuts1942
4.Bebop1944
5.Dizzy Gillespie And His All Star Quintet1945
6.The Immortal Session1945
7.D.G. Sextet1945
8.Jazz By The Masters1946
9.Around About Midnight1946
10.Ole Man Bebob1947
11.Dizzier And Dizzier1948
12.Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra1948
13.Manteca1948
14.Dizzy1953
15.Dizzy In Paris
(live)
1953
16.Concert
(live)
1953
17.Dizzy In Concert
(live)
1953
18.Dizzy Gillespie And Stan Getz Sextet1953
19.Jazz At Massey Hall
& Bud Powell & Max Roach & Charles Mingus & Charlie Parker
1953 Debut
20.Afro1954
21.Diz & Getz
& Stan Getz
1955
22.One Night in Washington13.03.1955WEA
23.World Statesman1956
24.Dizzy In Grace1956
25.Bird and Diz
& Charlie Parker
1956 Doxy
26.The Modern Jazz Sextet12.01.1956
27.The Champ22.08.1956Inner City
28.For Musicians Only
& Sonny Stitt & Stan Getz
16.10.1956American Jazz Classics
29.Duets1957
30.Con Alma1957
31.At Newport
(live)
06.07.1957
32.The Greatest Trumpet of Them All
credited to: Dizzy Gillespie Octet
17.12.1957American Jazz Classics
33.Sonny Side Up
& Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt
19.12.1957
34.Have Trumpet, Will Excite1959
35.The Ebullient Mr.Gillespie1959
36.Gillespiana1961
37.An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
credited to: Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
1961
38.Perceptions22.05.1961Verve
39.The Greatest of Dizzy Gillespie10/1961 RCA
40.Dizzy on the French Riviera1962
41.New Continent1962 Phoenix Jazz
42.Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six Of Paris
& Les Double Six
08.06.1963Verve
43.Giants1971
44.The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever
& Charlie Parker
(live 2LP)
7/1973 Prestige
45.Big Four1974
46.Gillespie & Machito
& Machito
1974
47.Gillespie At Montreux '75
credited to: Dizzy Gillespie Big 7
produced by: Norman Granz
1/1976 Pablo Super
48.The Trumpet Kings At Montreux '75
& Roy Eldridge & Clark Terry
(live)
produced by: Norman Granz
3/1976 Pablo Super
49.The Bop Session
& Sonny Stitt & Max Roach
3/1976 Sonet
50.Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie
& Oscar Peterson
(Grammy)
produced by: Norman Granz
4/1976 Pablo Super
51.Bahiana
(2LP)
produced by: Norman Granz
7/1976 Pablo
52.Davis, Parker & Gillespie
& Miles Davis & Charlie Parker
(2LP)
11/1976 Vogue
53.Gillespie Jam1977
54.Free Ride1977
55.Dizzy's Party
credited to: Dizzy Gillespie 6
2/1977 Pablo
56.Gifted Ones03.02.1977
57.Montreux '77 - Dizzy Gillespie Jam
& Oscar Peterson & Milt Jackson
(live 2LP,Grammy)
produced by: Norman Granz
12/1977 Pablo
58.Dee Gee Days9/1978 Savoy
59.To Be Or Not To Bop1979
60.Just Bop
& Howard McGhee / Wardell Gray
2/1979 Queen
61.Musician, Composer, Raconteur1981
62.Digital At Montreux 1980
(live)
9/1981 Pablo Live
63.Giants Of Jazz1984
64.New Faces1984
65.Closer to the Source1984
66.A Portrait of Duke Ellington1989
67.Live At The Royal Festival Hall
& The United Nation Orchestra
(Grammy)
1991 Enja
68.The Winter In Lisbon10/1991 Milan
69.Dizzy's Diamonds1992
70.Diz 'N Bird in Concert
& Charlie Parker
(live)
1992
71.Dizzy Gillespie1993
72.Jumbo Caribe10/1998 Limelight/Verve
73.Triple Play
(3CD)
08.03.1999
74.Night And Day25.05.1999
75.Ultimate Bebop
& Bud Powell & Charlie Parker
(3CD)
26.10.1999Verve
76.Dizzy For President25.04.2000Knitting Factory Works
77.Pleyel Jazz Concert 1948
(live)
16.05.2000RCA Victor
78.Pleyel Concert 1953
(live)
11.07.2000RCA Victor
79.Plays In Paris
(live)
11.07.2000RCA Victor
80.Jazz Giant
& Bud Powell & Charlie Parker
30.01.2001Verve
81.Jazz In Paris: The Giant10.04.2001Verve
82.Jazz Casual20.11.2001Koch International
83.Dizzy in South America: Official U.S. State Department29.01.2002Cap
84.Afro07.05.2002Verve
85.Bebop Professor21.05.2002RCA
86.Odyssey: 1945-195221.05.2002Savoy Jazz
87.Things To Come
credited to: Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All Stars
28.05.2002Savoy Jazz
88.Timeless Dizzy Gillespie16.07.2002Savoy Jazz
89.Professor Bop23.07.2002Recall
90.New York to Chicago: 1940-194730.07.2002Fremeaux & Associes
91.Night To Remember20.08.2002Arpeggio Country
92.Matrix08.10.2002Sanctuary
93.Best of Odyssey 1945-195208.10.2002Savoy Jazz
94.And His Operatic Strings Orchestra04.02.2003Sunnyside
95.Champ11.02.2003Savoy Jazz
96.Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz25.02.2003Jazz Alliance
97.1951-195222.04.2003Classics
98.Dizzy Gillespie Story22.04.2003Savoy Jazz
99.School Days15.07.2003Savoy Jazz
100.195218.11.2003Classics
101.1952-195318.05.2004Classics
102.Early Years: 1937-195103.08.2004Jazz Legends
103.Dizzy Gillespie28.09.2004Platinum Disc
104.Winter in Lisbon05.10.2004Milan
105.Real Thing16.11.2004
106.Complete Trumpet Kings Battle: Studio Sessions25.01.2005Definitive Classics
107.Early Years: 1937-195101.02.2005Jazz Legends
108.Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie
& Lionel Hampton
15.02.2005Platinum Disc
109.Groovin' with Diz and Co.08.03.2005Just Jazz
110.Dizzy: The Music of John Birks Gillespie22.03.2005Verve
111.Jazz Biography22.03.2005United Multi Consign
112.Sittin' In12.04.2005Verve
113.Career: 1937-199226.04.2005Shout Factory
114.Portrait of Jenny26.04.2005Breathless
115.Gettin' Dizzy: The High Flying Dizzy Gillespie07.06.2005Savoy Jazz
116.Town Hall NYC June 22, 1945
& Charlie Parker
21.06.2005Uptown
117.195323.08.2005Classics Fr
118.Best of Dizzy Gillespie: Small Groups25.10.2005Jazz Forever
119.Groovin' High22.11.2005ASV/Living Era
120.Giants of Jazz28.02.2006Collectables
121.Kusch23.05.2006LRC Ltd
122.Round About Midnight13.06.2006
123.1953-195420.06.2006Classics Fr
124.Dizzy's Big 4
& Joe Pass & Mickey Roker & Ray Brown
31.07.2006Fantasy
125.Night in Tunisia: The Very Best of Dizzy Gillespie01.08.2006RCA
126.Legendary Town Hall Concert, New York City 1945...
& Charlie Parker
(live)
22.08.2006Universe
127.Dizzy's Business
credited to: The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band
26.09.2006MCG Jazz
128.Shaw Nuff24.10.2006Collectables
129.Dizzy Digs Paris14.11.2006Giant Steps
130.Night in Tunisia
& Corea & Monk & Nelson & Apollon Quartet
02.01.2007Cube Bohemia
131.Live at the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival
(live)
21.08.2007
132.Cool Breeze: Big Band Live 1957
(live)
11.12.2007Hindsight
133.Night in Tunisia: Big Band Live 1957
(live)
11.12.2007Hindsight
134.Monterey Jazz Festival13.05.2008Blue Note
135.Showtime at the Spotlite 52nd Street New York City17.06.2008Uptown
136.Cool World29.07.2008Verve
137.Dizzy Gillespie Goes Hollywood21.10.2008Verve
138.Latino: Anthology 1947-195711.11.2008C&B Productions
139.Unissued in Europe 1971
& Thelonius Monk
25.11.2008Gambit
140.J.A.T.P. Live at Carnegie Hall
& Lester Young & Ben Webster & Roy Eldridge
(live)
07.04.2009Lonehill Jazz
141.I'm BeBoppin' Too
credited to: Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band
26.06.2009Half Note
142.Gettin' Dizzy10.09.2009Not Now Music
143.Complete Live at Birdland
& Charlie Parker
(live)
01.12.2009Rare Live
144.Complete Studio Recordings
credited to: Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
09.03.2010Ais
145.When Bebop Was King!
(2CD)
24.04.2010Smith & Co
146.Performance05.10.2010Varese Sarabande
147.Villa Hidalgo07.12.2010Timba
148.The Jazz Portrait of Duke Ellington18.01.2011Essential Jazz
149.All This Time
& Charlie Parker
12.06.2012jazz2jazz
150.Jazz at Massey Hall
& Charles Mingus & Charlie Parker & Bud Powell & The Q
12.06.2012Phoenix
151.Best of Dizzy Gillespie21.08.2012Tres elegant
152.Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet
& Phil Woods Quintet
(remastered)
07.02.2013Timeless Jazz Legacy
153.Ultimate Doubles
& Charles Mingus
25.06.2013AAO Music
154.North Sea Jazz Festival09.07.2013Bop City
155.Dizzy Gillespie Collection: 1937-194601.10.2013Fabulous
156.Paris Always: Volume One01.11.2013Birdland
157.Paris Always: Volume Two14.12.2013Birdland
158.Legendary Sessions
& Sonny Rollins
08.04.2014American Jazz Classics
159.7 Classic Albums, Vol. 213.05.2014
160.Soul & Salvation
(reissue)
02.06.2014Blues Interactions
161.Complete 1956 South American Tour Recordings07.04.2015Solar
162.Live at Ronnie Scott's, Vol. 4
(live)
25.03.2016
163.Live
(live)
20.05.2016Wienerworld
164.Live in Vegas, 1963, Vol. 1
credited to: Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
(live)
02.09.2016Hindsight
165.Live in Vegas, 1963, Vol. 2
(live)
02.09.2016Hindsight
166.20th and 30th Anniversary04.11.2016Audite
167.Concert of the Century: A Tribute to Charlie Parker
(live)
11.11.2016Justin Time

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.A Night In Tunisia
& His Sextet
1946 Victor
2.Meetings In Studio
(Two Songs / In Blues / Minor Flute / Night In Tunisia)
& Julius Watkins & Jerome Richardson
(reissue)
11.11.2002Cosmic Sounds
3.Manteca (The Funky Lowlives remix)11.08.2003Verve
4.Impulsive! Revolutionary Jazz Reworked Sampler (Swing Low, Sweet Caillac (Gerardo Frisina extended remix) / II BS (RZA's Mingus bounce mxi) / Swing Low, Sweet Caillac (Gerardo Frisina 'Dizzy G Call' mix))
& Charles Mingus
20.02.2006Impulse
5.The Best Of Perception & Today Records: Record Store Day Sampler EP
(Matrix / Take It Easy My Brother Charles)
& Astrud Gilberto
25.07.2014BBE

Press References:

Melodie
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19826 171Ze světa
19933 3
Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1970025.04.19708Jazz Sceneprofile
1970007.11.197030Jazz
19733028.07.197351Caught In The Actgig review
19733104.08.197320Jazzsceneinterview
19733104.08.197351Jazz Recordsalbum review
19744907.12.197463Caught In The Actgig review
19745228.12.197425Jazzsceneinterview
1976531.01.197622Jazz Albumsalbum review
19761220.03.197625Jazz Albumsalbum review
19761403.04.197634Jazz Albumsalbum review
19763131.07.197620Caught In The Actgig review
19763207.08.197620Jazz Albumsalbum review
19764323.10.197636Jazzsceneinterview
1977926.02.197733Jazz Albumsalbum review
19773130.07.197739Caught In The Actgig review
19775224.12.197718Jazz Albumsalbum review
1978428.01.197828Jazz Albums - In Briefalbum review
19783212.08.197851Caught In The Actgig review
19784014.10.197824Jazz Albumsalbum review
1979727.02.197932Jazz Albumsalbum review
19791231.03.197925Caught In The Actgig review
19801115.03.198036Caught In The Actgig review
19813712.09.198129Jazz Albumsalbum review
1993316.01.19935News
19971616.04.197734Jazzsceneprofile
Rock & Pop
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1990422.06.199022Livegig review
19912011.10.199120profile
1993404.03.19934Pelmel
19981 115Recenzealbum review
19991 114Jazz Caféalbum review
20098 65Recordalbum review