Dizzy and Strings

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{{Infobox album

| name = Dizzy and Strings

| type = Album

| artist = Dizzy Gillespie

| cover = Dizzy and Strings.jpg

| alt =

| 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

  1. "Roses of Picardy" (Frederic Weatherly, Haydn Wood) – 4:38
  2. "Silhouette" (Johnny Richards) – 3:56
  3. "Can You Recall?" (Richards) – 3:27
  4. "O Solow" (Richards) – 5:06
  5. "Cool Eyes" – 3:48
  6. "Confusion" (Buster Harding) – 4:42
  7. "Pile Driver" – 3:54
  8. "Hob Nail Special" – 2:52

Personnel

Tracks 1–4 (with orchestra)

Tracks 5–8 (with big band)

References

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Category:Dizzy Gillespie albums

Category:1954 albums

Category:Norgran Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Norman Granz

Category:Albums with cover art by David Stone Martin

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