The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (subtitled 20th and 30th Anniversary) is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie that was recorded at the Berlin Jazz Festival in 1968 and released by MPS.MPS Records discography accessed April 12, 2012
Reception The Allmusic review stated "This little-known LP actually contains one of Dizzy Gillespie's greatest performances of the 1960s... Although already 51, the trumpeter is heard at his best on this hard-to-find but essential LP".Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 12, 2012
Track listing "Things to Come" (Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller) - 5:29 "One Bass Hit" (Gillespie, Fuller) - 6:35 "Frisco" (Mike Longo) - 7:55 "Con Alma" (Gillespie) - 10:15 "The Things Are Here" (Gillespie) - 7:40 "Theme - Birks' Works" (Gillespie, Barney Kessel) - 1:40
Personnel Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet Stu Hamer – trumpet Jimmy Owens – trumpet Victor Paz – trumpet Dizzy Reece – trumpet Curtis Fuller – trombone Ted Kelly – trombone Tom McIntosh – trombone James Moody – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone Sahib Shihab – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone Chris Woods – alto saxophone Paul Jeffrey – tenor saxophone Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone Mike Longo – piano Paul West – double bass Otis Finch – drums
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