Gillespiana is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring compositions and arrangements by Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1960 and released on the Verve label.Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 21, 2012Payne, D. Lalo Schifrin discography accessed March 21, 2012
Reception
The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer awarded the album five stars and wrote: "Gillespiana is a distinguished work written expressly to exploit the trumpeter's remarkable talent."
Track listing All compositions by Lalo Schifrin
Side A "Prelude" – 5:52 "Blues" – 11:16 "Panamericana" – 4:39
Side B "Africana" – 7:31 "Toccata" – 12:01
Personnel Dizzy Gillespie, John Frosk, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder – trumpet Urbie Green, Frank Rehak, Britt Woodman – trombone Paul Faulise – bass trombone Jim Buffington (tracks 1–3), Al Richman (tracks 1–3), William Lister (tracks 4 & 5), Gunther Schuller, Morris Secon (tracks 4 & 5), Julius Watkins – French horn Don Butterfield – tuba Leo Wright – alto saxophone, flute Lalo Schifrin – piano, arranger Art Davis – bass Chuck Lampkin – drums Willie Rodriguez – timpani Jack Del Rio – bongos Candido Camero – conga
References
See also Gillespiana In Cologne