The Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939-1950
Dizzy
Gillespie
Proper Box, 2000
4xCDs. box set. booklet
£14.00
Disc One - Groovin' High
1. BLUE RHYTHM FANTASY (Hill, Willett) 1937
2. HOT MALLETS (Hampton) 1939
3. PICKIN THE CABBAGE (Gillespie) 1940
4. BYE BYE BLUES (Hamn, Bennett, Lown, Gray) 1940
5. ONCE IN A LOVETIME (Davis, Akst) 1940
6. STARDUST (Carmichael) 1941
7. LITTLE JOHN SPECIAL (Millinder) 1942
8. WOODY N YOU (Gillespie) 1944
9. DISORDER AT THE BORDER (Hawkins) 1944
10. I STAY IN THE MOOD FOR YOU (Eckstine) 1944
11. I CANT GET STARTED (Gershwin, Duke) 1945
12. GOOD BAIT (Dameron) 1945
13. BEBOP (Gillespie) 1945
14. PERDIDO (Tizol, Lengfelder, Drake) 1945
15. CHEROKEE (Noble) 1945
16. A NIGHT IN TUNISIA (Gillespie, Paparelli) 1945
17. GROOVIN HIGH (Gillespie) 1945
18. BLUE N BOOGIE (Gillespie) 1945
19. GROOVIN HIGH (Gillespie) 1945
20. ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE (Kern, Hammerstein) 1945
21. DIZZY ATMOSPHERE (Gillespie) 1945
22. SALT PEANUTS (Gillespie, Clarke) 1945
23. SHAWNUFF (Gillespie, Brown, Fuller) 1945
24. HOT HOUSE (Dameron) 1945
25. GET HAPPY (Arlen, Koehler) 1945
26. CONGO BLUES (Norvo) 1945
Disc Two - Things To Come
1. TEN LESSONS WITH TIMOTHY (Simon, arr. Scott) 1945
2. SLIMS JAM (Gaillard, Parker) 1945
3. DIZZY ATMOSPHERE (Gillespie) 1945
4. DIGGIN DIZ (Gillespie) 1946
5. CONFIRMATION (Parker) 1946
6. DIGGIN FOR DIZ (Gillespie) 1946
7. DYNAMO A (Gillespie) 1946
8. WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM (Hammerstein, Romberg) 1946
9. ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT (Monk, Williams) 1946
10. THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT (Kern, Fields) 1946
11. WHY DO I LOVE YOU? (Kern, Hammerstein) 1946
12. WHO (Kern, Harbach) 1946
13. ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE (Kern, Hammerstein) 1946
14. 52ND STREET THEME (Monk) 1946
15. A NIGHT IN TUNISIA (Gillespie, Paparelli) 1946
16. OL MAN REBOP (Wilson) 1946
17. ANTHROPOLOGY (Gillespie, Parker) 1946
18. ONE BASS HIT, PT.1 (Gillespie, Brown, Fuller) 1946
19. OOP-BOP-SHBAM (Gillespie, Brown, Fuller) 1946
20. THATS EARL BROTHER (Gillespie) 1946
21. OUR DELIGHT (Dameron) 1946
22. GOOD DUES BLUES (Gillespie, Brown, Fuller) 1946
23. RAYS IDEA (Gillespie, Brown, Fuller) 1946
24. THINGS TO COME (Gillespie, Fuller) 1946
25. FOR HECKLERS ONLY (Brown, Fuller) 1946
26. SMOKEY HOLLOW JUMP (Brown, Fuller) 1946
27. BOPPIN THE BLUES (Brown) 1946
Disc Three - Oo-Ya-Koo
1. MOODY SPEAKS (Burns, Moody) 1946
2. EMANON (Gillespie, Shaw) 1946
3. OW! (Gillespie) 1947
4. OO-POP-A-DA (Gonzales) 1947
5. TWO BASS HIT (Gillespie, Lewis) 1947
6. STAY ON IT (Gillespie, Dameron) 1947
7. A NIGHT IN TUNISIA (Gillespie, Paparelli) 1947
8. DIZZY ATMOSPHERE (Gillespie) 1947
9. GROOVIN HIGH (Gillespie) 1947
10. CONFIRMATION (Parker) 1947
11. KO KO (Parker) 1947
12. LEAP HERE (Cole) 1947
13. ALGO BUENO (WOODYNYOU) (Gillespie) 1947
14. COOL BREEZE (Gillespie, Dameron)1947
15. CUBANA BE (Gillespie, Russell) 1947
16. CUBANA BOP (Gillespie, Russell) 1947
17. MANTECA (Gillespie) 1947
18. GOOD BAIT (Dameron) 1947
19. OOL-YA-KOO (Gillespie, Fuller) 1947
20. MINOR WALK (Gillespie, Garner) 1947
21. GUARACHI GUARO (Gillespie, Wilson) 1948
22. DUFF CAPERS (Garner) 1948
Disc Four - Dizzier And Dizzier
1. LOVER COME BACK TO ME (Romberg, Hammerstein) 1948
2. IM BE BOPPIN TOO (Gillespie) 1948
3. SWEDISH SUITE (Fuller) 1949
4. ST. LOUIS BLUES (Handy) 1949
5. KATY (DIZZIER AND DIZZIER) (Wilson, Basie) 1949
6. JUMP DI-LE-BA (Gillespie) 1949
7. HEY PETE, LES EAT MO MEAT (Gillespie, Harding, Peterson)
1949
8. JUMPIN WITH SYMPHONY SID (Young) 1949
9. IN THE LAND OF OO-BLA-DEE (Williams, Orent) 1949
10. SAY WHEN (Moody, Dameron, Gillespie) 1949
11. YOU STOLE MY WIFE, YOU HORSETHIEF (Reis, Sims) 1949
12. COAST TO COAST (Gillespie, Harding) 1950
13. OO-LA-LA (Gillespie, Acea, Williams) 1950
14. BLOOMDIDO (Parker) 1950
15. AN OSCAR FOR TREADWELL (Parker) 1950
16. MOHAWK (Parker) 1950
17. MY MELANCHOLY BABY (Burnett, Norton) 1950
18. LEAP FROG (Parker) 1950
19. RELAXIN WITH LEE (Parker) 1950
20. SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT (Alex, Smith) 1950
21. LULLABY OF THE LEAVES (Petkere, Young) 1950
22. WHAT IS THERE TO SAY (Duke, Harburg) 1950
23. ALONE TOGETHER (Dietz, Schwartz) 1950
24. ON THE ALAMO (John, Lyons, Kahn) 1950
25. INTERLUDE IN C (Harmon, Planemar) 1950
Compiled and produced for release by Joop Visser.
Digital remastering by Peter Rynston at Tall Order Mastering.