The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band

1968 live album by Dizzy Gillespie

Live album by

Dizzy Gillespie

Released

1968

Recorded

November 7, 1968

Venue

Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Berlin Jazz Festival, Germany

Genre

Jazz

Length

39:34

Label

MPS

Producer

Joachim-Ernst Berendt

Dizzy Gillespie chronology

Live at the Village Vanguard
(1967)

The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band
(1968)

It's My Way
(1969)

The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (subtitled 20th and 30th Anniversary) is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie that was recorded at the Berlin Jazz Festival in 1968 and released by MPS.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "This little-known LP actually contains one of Dizzy Gillespie's greatest performances of the 1960s... Although already 51, the trumpeter is heard at his best on this hard-to-find but essential LP".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

"Things to Come" (Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller) - 5:29
"One Bass Hit" (Gillespie, Fuller) - 6:35
"Frisco" (Mike Longo) - 7:55
"Con Alma" (Gillespie) - 10:15
"The Things Are Here" (Gillespie) - 7:40
"Theme - Birks' Works" (Gillespie, Barney Kessel) - 1:40

Personnel

Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
Stu Hamer – trumpet
Jimmy Owens – trumpet
Victor Paz – trumpet
Dizzy Reece – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Ted Kelly – trombone
Tom McIntosh – trombone
James Moody – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Sahib Shihab – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Chris Woods – alto saxophone
Paul Jeffrey – tenor saxophone
Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
Mike Longo – piano
Paul West – double bass
Otis Finch – drums

References

^ MPS Records discography accessed April 12, 2012
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 12, 2012

Dizzy Gillespie

Studio albums

Bird and Diz (1952)
Afro (1954)
Diz and Getz (1955)
Dizzy and Strings (1954)
Roy and Diz (1954)
Jazz Recital (1956)
The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956)
World Statesman (1956)
Dizzy in Greece (1956)
For Musicians Only (1956)
Birks' Works (1957)
Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith (1957)
Sittin' In (1957)
Duets (1957)
The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (1957)
Sonny Side Up (1959)
The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (1959)
Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (1959)
A Portrait of Duke Ellington (1960)
Gillespiana (1960)
Perceptions (1961)
The New Continent (1962)
New Wave (1963)
Something Old, Something New (1963)
Dizzy Goes Hollywood (1964)
Jambo Caribe (1964)
I/We Had a Ball (1965)
Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (1965)
The Melody Lingers On (1966)
It's My Way (1969)
Cornucopia (1969)
The Real Thing (1970)
Portrait of Jenny (1970)
Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (1974)
The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (1974)
Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie (1974)
Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974)
The Bop Session (1975)
Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (1975)
Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (1975)
Bahiana (1975)
Carter, Gillespie Inc. (1976)
Dizzy's Party (1976)
Free Ride (1977)
The Gifted Ones (1977)
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980)
The Alternate Blues (1980)
To a Finland Station (1983)
Closer to the Source (1984)
New Faces (1985)
Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet (1986)
Endlessly (1988)
Oop-Pop-A-Da (1988)

Live albums

Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)
Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (1957)
An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (1961)
Carnegie Hall Concert (1961)
Dizzy on the French Riviera (1962)
Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963)
Live at the Village Vanguard (1967)
Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (1967)
The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (1968)
Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in Concert (1971)
Giants (1971)
The Giants of Jazz (1971)
The Giant (1973)
The Source (1973)
The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975)
The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (1975)
Dizzy Gillespie Jam (1977)
Digital at Montreux, 1980 (1980)
Musician, Composer, Raconteur (1981)
One Night in Washington (1983)
Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1989)
Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (1989)
Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (1992)
To Bird with Love (1992)
To Diz with Love (1992)

Compilation
albums

Modern Jazz Trumpets (1951)
Groovin' High (1955)
Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (1976)
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995)
The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952–1953 (2004)
Dizzy Digs Paris (2006)

Soundtracks

The Cool World (1964)
The Winter in Lisbon (1990)

Compositions

"Anthropology"
"Birks' Works"
"Blue 'n' Boogie"
"Con Alma"
"Dizzy Atmosphere"
"Groovin' High"
"Manteca"
"A Night in Tunisia"
"Oop Bop Sh'Bam"
"Salt Peanuts"
"Woody 'n' You"

Books

To Be or Not to Bop (1979)

List of works
Bird (1988 film)

v t e Dizzy Reece
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Blues in Trinity (1958) Star Bright (1959) Comin' On! (1960) Soundin' Off (1960) Asia Minor (1962) From In to Out (1970) Blowin' Away (with Ted Curson, 1978) Manhattan Project (1978)
With others	Suite Sixteen (Victor Feldman, 1955) The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (1968) A Day in Copenhagen (Dexter Gordon, 1969) Passing Ships (Andrew Hill, 1969) Round Midnight (Philly Joe Jones, 1969) Inward Fire (Clifford Jordan, 1977) Play What You Feel (Clifford Jordan, 1990) Down Through the Years (Clifford Jordan, 1991) Flight to Jordan (Duke Jordan, 1960) The Flip (Hank Mobley, 1969)