FOR THER FIRST TIME ON A SINGLE SET
This release presents all existing live recordings by the legendary mid-fifties Dizzy Gillespie big Band made during their 1956 South American tour. The short-lived group featured such talents as Quincy Jones, Lee Morgan, Joe Gordon, Melba Liston, Al Grey, Phil Woods, Benny Golson and Wynton Kelly. Also included here are two sambas recorded in Rio de Janeiro by the trumpeter with a Brazilian orchestra, as well as four amazing tracks featuring Diz in Buenos Aires with the tango orchestra of Osvaldo Fresedo.
DIZZY GILLESPIE ORCHESTRA:
DIZZY GILLESPIE, trumpet, vocal & leader on all tracks, with:
CD 1 & CD 2 [1-8]:
JOE GORDON, EMIT V. PERRY, CARL WATKINS, QUINCY JONES, trumpet
MELBA LISTON, FRANK REHAK, RON LEVITT, trombone
JIMMY POWELL, PHIL WOODS, alto sax
BILLY MITCHELL, BENNY GOLSON, tenor sax
MARTY FLAX, baritone sax
WALTER DAVIS Jr,, piano
NELSON BOYD, bass
CHARLIE PERSIP, drums
Recorded live in different locations, South America, July-August, 1956.
CD 2 [9-10]: DIZZY GILLESPIE (tp) backed by an unknown samba orchestra. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 1956.
CD 2 (11-14): DIZZY GILLESPIE (tp) with orchestra conducted by OSVALSO FRESEDO.
Live at the Rendez Vous club, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 29 or 30, 1956.
INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET
Tracklist:
CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 78:05
1. Cool Breeze
2. Groovin’ For Nat
3. I Can’t Get Started
4. Jessica’s Day
5. A Night In Tunisia
6. Seems Like You Just Don’t Care
7. Flamingo
8. Stella By Starlight
9. School Days
10. Manteca
11. Groovin’ High
12. Begin the Beguine
13. Because of You
14. The Champ into Tour De Force

CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 78:41
1. Hey Pete, Let’s Eat More Meat
2. Wonder Why
3. I’m Confesin’
4. Doodlin’
5. My Reverie
6. Tin Tin Deo
7. Yesterdays
8. A Night In Tunisia 2
9. Capao ’s Samba
10. Gloria’s Samba
11. Adiós Muchachos
12. Preludio Nº3
13. Capricho de Amor
14. Vida Mia
Released 2015.