Dizzy Gillespie at Newport is a 1957 live album by Dizzy Gillespie, featuring his big band, recorded at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival.
Reception The AllMusic review states: "This brilliant CD captures one of the high points of Dizzy Gillespie's remarkable career and is highly recommended."
Track listing "Dizzy's Blues" (A. K. Salim) – 11:51 "School Days" (Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards) – 5:47 "Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) – 7:56 "Manteca" (Gil Fuller, Gillespie, Chano Pozo) – 7:11 "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 4:48 "Cool Breeze" (Tadd Dameron, Billy Eckstine, Gillespie) – 10:33 "Zodiac Suite: Virgo/Libra/Aries" (Mary Lou Williams) – 10:28 Bonus track on CD reissue "Carioca" (Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans) – 3:41 Bonus track on CD reissue "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 10:00 Bonus track on CD reissue – Lee Morgan feature
Personnel Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals, arranger (track 4) Talib Dawud, Lee Morgan, Ermit V. Perry, Carl Warwick – trumpet Chuck Connors, Al Grey, Melba Liston – trombone Ernie Henry, Jimmy Powell – alto saxophone Benny Golson – tenor saxophone, arranger (track 5) Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone Pee Wee Moore – baritone saxophone Wynton Kelly (tracks 1–6 & 9), Mary Lou Williams (tracks 7 & 8) – piano Paul E. West – double bass Charlie Persip – drums A. K. Salim (track 1), Tadd Dameron (track 6), Quincy Jones (track 2), Ernie Wilkins (track 3) – arranger
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