World Statesman
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{{Short description|1956 album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie}}
{{Infobox album
| name = World Statesman
| type = Album
| artist = Dizzy Gillespie
| cover = World Statesman.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1956
| recorded = May 18–19 and June 6, 1956
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 40:09
| label = Norgran
MGN 1084
| producer = Norman Granz
| chronology = Dizzy Gillespie
| prev_title = Modern Jazz Sextet
| prev_year = 1956
| next_title = Dizzy in Greece
| next_year = 1957
}}
World Statesman is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1956 and released on the Norgran label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/dizzy-gillespie/catalog/#norgran-mgn-1084 Dizzy 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
Reception
The AllMusic review states: "This set introduced the new Dizzy Gillespie big band which was making headlines for the acclaim it received (and for the excitement it caused) during its State Department-sponsored world tours... this brilliant (and historic) orchestra really shows a great deal of spirit, power and creativity."Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/world-statesman-r152422 Allmusic Review] accessed March 26, 2012
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
}}
Track listing
All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated
Side One:
- "Dizzy's Business" (Ernie Wilkins) – 3:37
- "Jessica's Day" (Quincy Jones) – 4:50
- "Tour de Force" – 5:04
- "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 2:55
- "Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) – 3:56
Side Two:
- "A Night in Tunisia" – 5:34
- "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 4:07
- "The Champ" – 4:42
- "My Reverie" (Larry Clinton, Claude Debussy) – 2:52
- "Dizzy's Blues" (A. K. Salim) – 2:32
Personnel
- Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals
- Joe Gordon, Quincy Jones, Ermit V. Perry, Carl Warwick – trumpet
- Rod Levitt, Melba Liston, Frank Rehak – trombone
- Jimmy Powell, Phil Woods – alto saxophone
- Billy Mitchell, Ernie Wilkins – tenor saxophone
- Marty Flax – baritone saxophone
- Walter Davis Jr. – piano
- Nelson Boyd – bass
- Charlie Persip – drums
References
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Category:Dizzy Gillespie albums