Dizzy in Greece

{{Infobox album

| name = Dizzy in Greece

| type = Album

| artist = Dizzy Gillespie

| cover = Dizzy in Greece.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1957

| recorded = May 18 or 19, June 6, 1956 and April 7 & 8, 1957
New York City

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| studio =

| genre = Jazz

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| label = Verve
MGV 8017{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vBVjDwAAQBAJ&q=Dizzy+in+Greece+1957&pg=PA2121|title=Goldmine Record Album Price Guide|first=Martin|last=Popoff|date=September 8, 2009|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9781440229169|via=Google Books}}

| producer = Norman Granz

| chronology = Dizzy Gillespie

| prev_title = World Statesman

| prev_year = 1956

| next_title = For Musicians Only

| next_year = 1957

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Dizzy in Greece is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1956 and 1957 and released on the Verve label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/dizzy-gillespie/catalog/#verve-mgv-8017Dizzy Gillespie discography] accessed March 26, 2012 The album was reissued as part of the 2CD compilation Birks Works: The Verve Big Band Sessions.Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/birks-works-verve-big-band-sessions-r227762 Birks Works Allmusic Review] accessed March 26, 2012{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xs_8j7s8xdoC&q=Dizzy+in+Greece+1957&pg=PA57|title=Bebop|first=Scott|last=Yanow|date=May 14, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306083|via=Google Books}}

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4.5 stars.[http://allmusic.com/album/dizzy-in-greece-r139362 Allmusic Review] accessed April 4, 2012

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=Dizzy+in+Greece+1957&pg=PA1414|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|via=Google Books}}

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Track listing

Side One:

"Hey Pete" (Dizzy Gillespie, Buster Harding, Lester Peterson) - 5:39
"Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 3:46
"Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Gillespie, Chano Pozo) - 4:17
"Groovin' for Nat" (Ernie Wilkins) - 3:21
"Annie's Dance" (Melba Liston) - 4:05

Side Two:

"Cool Breeze" (Tadd Dameron, Billy Eckstine, Gillespie) - 4:55
"School Days" (Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards) - 4:23
"That's All" (Pete Anson, composer and arranger) - 3:13
"Stablemates" (Benny Golson) - 4:12
"Groovin' High" (Gillespie) - 3:53

Recorded in New York City on May 18 or 19 (Side One, track 1), June 6, 1956 (Side One, tracks 2-5 and Side Two, tracks 1 & 2) and April 7 & 8, 1957 (Side Two, tracks 3-5)

Personnel

Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
Talib Daawud (Side Two, tracks 3-5), Joe Gordon (Side One and Side Two, tracks 1 & 2), Quincy Jones (Side One and Side Two, tracks 1 & 2), Lee Morgan (Side Two, tracks 3-5), Ermit V. Perry, Carl Warwick - trumpet
Al Grey (Side Two, tracks 3-5), Rod Levitt, Melba Liston, Frank Rehak (Side One and Side Two, tracks 1 & 2) - trombone
Ernie Henry (Side Two, tracks 3-5), Jimmy Powell, Phil Woods (Side One and Side Two, tracks 1 & 2) - alto saxophone
Benny Golson (Side Two, tracks 3-5), Billy Mitchell, Ernie Wilkins (Side One and Side Two, tracks 1 & 2) - tenor saxophone
Billy Root (Side Two, tracks 3-5), Marty Flax (Side One and Side Two, tracks 1 & 2) - baritone saxophone
Wynton Kelly (Side Two, tracks 3-5), Walter Davis Jr. (Side One and Side Two, tracks 1 & 2) - piano
Nelson Boyd (Side One and Side Two, tracks 1 & 2), Paul West (Side Two, tracks 3-5) - bass
Charlie Persip - drums

References

Category:Dizzy Gillespie albums

Category:1957 albums

Category:Verve Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Norman Granz