Live_at_the_Village_Vanguard_(Dizzy_Gillespie_album)

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Live at the Village Vanguard (Dizzy Gillespie album)

1967 live album by Dizzy Gillespie

For similarly titled albums, see Live at the Village Vanguard.

Live at the Village Vanguard is a live album by American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring performances recorded in 1967 at the Village Vanguard and originally released on three separate LPs on the Solid State label, one under the "Vanguard" title and as two volumes entitled Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon.[1] The recordings were subsequently re-released in unedited form as a 2-CD set on the Blue Note label in 1993.[2]

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Reception

The Allmusic review stated "These lengthy performances (all but one of the seven songs are over 11 minutes) contain some loose and rambling moments but also plenty of creative playing by this unusual group of all-stars".[2]

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Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

Disc One:

  1. "Birk's Works" – 17:57 Originally released in edited form on Live at the Village Vanguard but mis-titled "Dizzy's Blues"
  2. "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) – 13:30 Originally released in edited form on Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 1
  3. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 19:15 Originally released on Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Vol 1
  4. "Blues for Max" – 9:10 Originally released on both Live at the Village Vanguard and Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 1

Disc Two:

  1. "Tour de Force" – 11:51 Originally released in edited form on both Live at the Village Vanguard and Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 2
  2. "On the Trail" (Ferde Grofe) – 16:43 Originally released in edited form on Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 2
  3. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) – 16:19 Originally released on Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Vol 2

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 2, 2012
  2. [2]
    Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 2, 2012
  3. [3]
    Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 555. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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