Dizzy and Strings
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{{Infobox album
| name = Dizzy and Strings
| type = Album
| artist = Dizzy Gillespie
| cover = Dizzy and Strings.jpg
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| released = 1955
| recorded = September 15 & 16, 1954
New York City
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| genre = Jazz
| length = 32:23
| label = Norgran
MGN 1023{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vBVjDwAAQBAJ&q=Dizzy+and+Strings+1955&pg=PA2119|title=Goldmine Record Album Price Guide|first=Martin|last=Popoff|date=September 8, 2009|publisher=Penguin|via=Google Books}}
| producer = Norman Granz
| chronology = Dizzy Gillespie
| prev_title = Afro
| prev_year = 1954
| next_title = Roy and Diz
| next_year = 1954
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Diz Big Band Cover
| type = album
| cover = Diz Big Band.jpg
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Dizzy and Strings (also released as Diz Big Band) is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, released in 1955 by Norgran Records.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/dizzy-gillespie/catalog/#norgran-mgn-1023 Dizzy Gillespie discography] accessed March 27, 2012{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/four-classic-albums-dizzy-gillespie-avid-records-uk-review-by-david-rickert.php|title=Dizzy Gillespie: Four Classic Albums album review @ All About Jazz|first=All About|last=Jazz|website=All About Jazz}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/album/dizzy-and-strings-r154235 Allmusic Review] accessed March 27, 2012
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=Dizzy+and+Strings+1954&pg=PA1414|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|via=Google Books}}
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Track listing
All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated
- "Roses of Picardy" (Frederic Weatherly, Haydn Wood) – 4:38
- "Silhouette" (Johnny Richards) – 3:56
- "Can You Recall?" (Richards) – 3:27
- "O Solow" (Richards) – 5:06
- "Cool Eyes" – 3:48
- "Confusion" (Buster Harding) – 4:42
- "Pile Driver" – 3:54
- "Hob Nail Special" – 2:52
Personnel
- Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals
Tracks 1–4 (with orchestra)
- John Barrows, Jim Buffington, Jim Chambers, Fred Klein – French horn
- George Berg, Jack Greenberg, Tom Parshley – woodwinds
- Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
- Wynton Kelly – piano
- Percy Heath – bass
- Jimmy Crawford – drums
- Unidentified string section
- Johnny Richards – arranger, conductor
Tracks 5–8 (with big band)
- Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal, Quincy Jones – trumpet
- J. J. Johnson, George Matthews, Leon Comegys – trombone
- George Dorsey, Hilton Jefferson – alto saxophone
- Hank Mobley, Lucky Thompson – tenor saxophone
- Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
- Wade Legge – piano
- Lou Hackney – bass
- Charlie Persip – drums
- Buster Harding – arranger
References
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Category:Dizzy Gillespie albums
Category:Norgran Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Norman Granz
Category:Albums with cover art by David Stone Martin
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