Ultimate Dizzy Gillespie by Dizzy Gillespie (CD, Aug-1998, Verve)

Album Features
UPC:	731455753523
Artist:	Dizzy Gillespie
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1998
Record Label:	Verve
Genre:	Bebop, Jazz Instrument

Track Listing
1. Birk's Works
2. Bloomdido
3. Sometimes I'm Happy
4. Wee
5. I Remember Clifford
6. Con Alma
7. Ool-Ya-Koo
8. Umbrella Man
9. Fiesta Mojo
10. Chega de Saudade :: No More Blues
11. Come Sunday
12. Bebop

Details
Playing Time:	64 min.
Contributing Artists:	Lalo Schifrin, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Thelonious Monk, Benny Golson, Hank Jones, Ray Barretto, Kenny Barron
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Mixed
Recording Mode:	Mixed
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Also available as part of a box set on Verve (543 078).Tracks selected by Roy Hargrove.Personnel includes: Dizzy Gillespie (vocals, trumpet); Joe Carroll (vocals); Ernie Henry, Jimmy Powell, Sonny Stitt, Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Billy Mitchell, Stan Getz, Benny Golson (tenor saxophone); Billy Root, Pee Wee Moore (baritone saxophone); Talib Daawud, Lee Morgan, E.V. Perry, Carl Warwick, Roy Eldridge (trumpet); Al Grey, Melba Liston (trombone); Rod Levitt, Chuck Connors (bass trombone); Wynton Kelly, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, John Lewis, Ray Bryant, Lalo Schifrin, Kenny Barron, Hank Jones (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Paul West, Curly Russell, Ray Brown, Tommy Bryant, George Duvivier (bass); Charli Persip, Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, Stan Levey (drums); Ray Barretto (percussion).Producers: Norman Granz, Jack Tracy, Quincy Jones.Compilation producer: Richard Seidel.Recorded between 1950 and 1964. Includes liner notes by Bob Blumenthal and Roy Hargrove.This is part of the Ultimate Verve series.Personnel: Dizzy Gillespie (vocals, trumpet); Joe Carroll (vocals); Les Spann (guitar, flute); Jose Paula (guitar, tambourine); Herb Ellis, Bola Sete (guitar); Leo Wright (flute, alto saxophone); James Moody (flute); Stanley Webb , John Murtaugh (woodwinds); Ernie Henry, Jimmy Powell , Sonny Stitt, Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Charlie Ventura (tenor saxophone, bass saxophone); Stan Getz , Benny Golson (tenor saxophone); Billy Root, Pee Wee Moore (baritone saxophone); Clark Terry, Lee Morgan , Roy Eldridge, Nick Travis, John Frosk, E.V. Perry, Carl Warwick (trumpet); Richard Berg, Joe Singer, Gunther Schuller , John Barrows, Ray Alonge (French horn); Al Grey, Melba Liston, George Matthews , Paul Faulise, Britt Woodman (trombone); Jay McAllister, Don Butterfield (tuba); John Lewis, Hank Jones , Junior Mance, Kenny Barron, Lalo Schifrin , Oscar Peterson, Ray Bryant, Thelonious Monk, Wynton Kelly (piano); George Devens (vibraphone); Chuck Lampkin, Lex Humphries, Louie Bellson, Rudy Collins, Stan Levey, Buddy Rich (drums); Julio Collazo, Ray Barretto, Jose Mangual (percussion).Liner Note Authors: Roy Hargrove; Bob Blumenthal.Recording information: Newport Jazz Festival, RI (06/06/1950-11/06/1964); Nola Studios, New Yo (06/06/1950-11/06/1964); Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA (06/06/1950-11/06/1964); WOR Recording Studios, New York, NY (06/06/1950-11/06/1964).Photographers: Michael Levine ; Herman Leonard.Arrangers: Ernie Wilkins; Lalo Schifrin ; Benny Golson.