Gillespiana

1960 studio album by Dizzy Gillespie From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gillespiana is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring compositions and arrangements by Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1960 and released on the Verve label.[1][2]

Released1960
RecordedNovember 14–16, 1960
StudioNYC
GenreJazz
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Gillespiana
Studio album by
Dizzy Gillespie
Released1960
RecordedNovember 14–16, 1960
StudioNYC
GenreJazz
Length41:19
LabelVerve
MG V 8394
ProducerNorman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
A Portrait of Duke Ellington
(1960)		 Gillespiana
(1960)		 Perceptions
(1961)
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Reception

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The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer awarded the album five stars and wrote: "Gillespiana is a distinguished work written expressly to exploit the trumpeter's remarkable talent."[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Lalo Schifrin

Side A

  1. "Prelude" – 5:52
  2. "Blues" – 11:16
  3. "Panamericana" – 4:39

Side B

  1. "Africana" – 7:31
  2. "Toccata" – 12:01

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