Groovin' High is a 1955 compilation album of studio sessions by jazz composer and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. The Rough Guide to Jazz describes the album as "some of the key bebop small-group and big band recordings."
Reception Jazz critic Scott Yanow concedes that the music included is classic, but dismisses the compilation over-all as "so-so" because of its brevity, because of the outdated and lightweight liner notes and because the material presented does not represent the complete sessions at which the material was played. The compilation features Gillespie with a number of combinations and other musicians, including his 1946 big band, Charlie Parker, a sextet with Dexter Gordon and a combo featuring Sonny Stitt.
Track listing "Blue 'n' Boogie" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 3:00 "Groovin' High" (Gillespie) – 2:40 "Dizzy Atmosphere" (Gillespie) – 2:45 "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern) – 2:52 "Hot House" (Tadd Dameron) – 2:27 "Salt Peanuts" (Kenny Clarke, Gillespie) – 2:20 "Oop Bop Sh'Bam" (Ray Brown, Gil Fuller, Gillespie) – 3:06 "That's Earl, Brother" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) – 2:55 "Things to Come" (Fuller, Gillespie) – 2:47 "One Bass Hit, Pt. 2" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) – 2:46 "Ray's Idea" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) – 3:09 "Our Delight" (Dameron) – 2:40 "Emanon" (Gillespie, Shaw) – 3:11
Personnel
Ray Abrams – tenor saxophone Taswell Baird – trombone John Brown – alto saxophone Ray Brown – bass Slam Stewart – bass Dave Burns – trumpet Scoops Carey – alto saxophone Big Sid Catlett – drums Kenny Clarke – drums Cozy Cole – drums Leon Cormenge – trombone Talib Dawud – trumpet Kenny Dorham – trumpet Bill Frazier – saxophone Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, leader Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone Al Haig – piano Joe Harris – drums Clyde Hart – piano Milt Jackson – vibraphone Howard E. Johnson – alto saxophone Yujiro Kasai – remastering John Lewis – piano Warren Lucky – tenor saxophone John Lynch – trumpet Shelly Manne – drums Matthew McKay – trumpet Alton Moore – trombone Raymond Orr – trumpet Remo Palmieri – guitar Frank Paparelli – piano Charlie Parker – alto saxophone Leo Parker – baritone saxophone Curly Russell – bass Murray Shipinski – bass Sonny Stitt – alto saxophone Gordon Thomas – trombone Lucky Thompson – tenor saxophone Rudy Van Gelder – remastering Chuck Wayne – guitar Elmon Wright – trumpet
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