Dizzy Gillespie – The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie

Description

The band Dizzy Gillespie assembled for this date — Junior Mance, Les Spann, Sam Jones, and Lex Humphries — was for the most part a working band on the club & concert circuit, offering a mixture of Gillespie’s entertaining songs, established repertoire, & some Latin & African-influenced pieces. With them, Dizzy found a middle ground in his music that gave his legacy room to breathe, but with much more rhythmic variety. This Verve By Request title is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit.

Tracklist:

Side A

1. Swing Low

2. Always

3. Willow Weep For Me

4. Ungawa

Side B

1. Lorraine

2. Girl Of My Dreams

3. Constantinople

4. The Umbrella Man