The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie
{{Infobox album
| name = The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie
| type = Album
| artist = Dizzy Gillespie
| cover = The Ebullient Mr Gillespie.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1959
| recorded = February 17, 18 & 20, 1959
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 44:54
| label = Verve
MGV 8328{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vBVjDwAAQBAJ&q=The+Ebullient+Mr.+Gillespie+1959&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 = Sonny Side Up
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = Have Trumpet, Will Excite!
| next_year = 1959
}}
The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/dizzy-gillespie/catalog/#verve-mgv-8328 Dizzy Gillespie discography] accessed March 23, 2012
Reception
The AllMusic review calls the album "a pleasing -- if not all that essential -- date of melodic music from the masterful trumpeter."Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-ebullient-mr-gillespie-r139367 Allmusic Review] accessed March 23, 2012
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}
| rev2 = DownBeat
| rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Gitler |first=Ira |author-link=Ira Gitler |date=26 May 1960 |title=Dizzy Gillespie: The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie |magazine=DownBeat |volume=27 |issue=11 |page=28}}
|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
}}
Track listing
All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated
- "Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac" - 7:06
- "Always" (Irving Berlin) - 5:34
- "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 7:20
- "Ungawa" (Gillespie, Oswaldo Nuñez) - 3:19
- "Lorraine" - 4:14
- "Girl of My Dreams" (Sunny Clapp) - 7:41
- "Constantinople" - 7:00
- "Umbrella Man" (Vincent Rose, Larry Stock, James Cavanaugh) - 2:40
The Fresh Sound 2-CD set also includes the complete Have Trumpet Will Excite Album
Personnel
- Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet, (vocals track 1 and 8)
- Junior Mance - piano
- Les Spann - guitar, flute
- Sam Jones - bass
- Lex Humphries - drums
- Carlos "Patato" Valdes - congas (tracks 4 and 5)
References
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