The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 at the Montreux Jazz Festival

1975 live album by Dizzy Gillespie From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 at the Montreux Jazz Festival is a live album by Dizzy Gillespie recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 16th, 1975 and released on the Pablo later that year.[1]

Released1975
RecordedJuly 16, 1975
GenreJazz
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The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 at the Montreux Jazz Festival
Live album by
Released1975
RecordedJuly 16, 1975
VenuesMontreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
GenreJazz
Length39:57
LabelsPablo
2310-749
ProducerNorman Granz
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Reception

The AllMusic review called the album a "good but not great set... There are many moments that elicit grins of pleasure, but none that cause jaws to gape with astonishment".[2]

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Track listing

  1. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 16:43
  2. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 16:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
  3. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) – 12:13
  4. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) – 11:01

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