Dizzy's Diamonds - Best of the Verve Years

~ Release by Dizzy Gillespie (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Big Band
2▼CD: Small Groups & Guests
#TitleRatingLength
1Blue 'n' Boogie
recording of:
Blue ’n’ Boogie
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
11:52
2Bonnie's Blues
recording of:
Bonnie’s Blues
composer:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist)
publisher:
MRC Music, Inc. and The Cool World Co.
4:01
3Ool-Ya-Koo
recording of:
Ool-Ya-Koo
composer:
Walter “Gil” Fuller (jazz composer & arranger) and Dizzy Gillespie
5:39
4Blues After Dark
alto saxophone:
Gigi Gryce (on 1957-12-17)
baritone saxophone:
Pee Wee Moore (on 1957-12-17)
bass:
Tommy Bryant (on 1957-12-17)
drums (drum set):
Charlie Persip (American jazz drummer) (on 1957-12-17)
piano:
Ray Bryant (US jazz pianist, composer, and arranger) (on 1957-12-17)
tenor saxophone:
Benny Golson (American jazz saxophonist and composer) (on 1957-12-17)
trombone:
Henry Coker (jazz trombonist) (on 1957-12-17)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1957-12-17)
arranger:
Benny Golson (American jazz saxophonist and composer)
recording of:
Blues After Dark (on 1957-12-17)
composer:
Benny Golson (American jazz saxophonist and composer)
6:30
5The Heat's On
recording of:
The Heat's On
composer:
Roy Eldridge
6:36
6Leap Frog
recording of:
Leap Frog
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
2:32
7Where's Adam?
recording of:
Where's Adam?
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:40
8There Is No Greater Love
recording of:
There Is No Greater Love
lyricist:
Marty Symes (lyricist)
composer:
Isham Jones
publisher:
Banta Music, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and World Music, Inc.
3:26
9Just One of Those Things
recording of:
Just One of Those Things
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1929)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
part of:
Jubilee
part of:
Panama Hattie (1942 film)
6:12
10I Know That You Know
instrumental recording of:
I Know That You Know (Caldwell & Youmans) (on 1957-12-19)
lyricist:
Anne Caldwell
composer:
Vincent Youmans
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
45:31
11Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
double bass:
Sam Jones (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-02-18)
drums (drum set):
Lex Humphries (on 1959-02-18)
guitar:
Les Spann (on 1959-02-18)
piano:
Junior Mance (on 1959-02-18)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1959-02-18)
recording of:
Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (on 1959-02-18)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Dizzy Gillespie
parody version of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
7:09
12Dizzy Atmosphere
recording of:
Dizzy Atmosphere
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
10:55
3▶CD: In an Afro Cuban, Bossa Nova, Calypso Groove

Credits

Release

manufactured by and marketed by:Verve Records, Inc. (credited often as just "Verve Records" for manufacturing/marketing, a division of PolyGram Classics and Jazz, of PolyGram Records, Inc.)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram)
ASIN:US: B0000046LW [info]