Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4

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Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4
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Studio album by
Dizzy Gillespie
Released1975
RecordedSeptember 17 & 19, 1974
Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length44:38
LabelPablo
2310-719
ProducerNorman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
The Source
(1974) 		Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4
(1975) 		The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner
(1974)
Dizzy's Big 4 Cover
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Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (also released as Dizzy's Big 4) is an album by Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1974 and released on the Pablo label.[1]

Reception[]

The AllMusic review called the album "easily one of Dizzy Gillespie's best small-group recordings from the latter portion of his career".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 stars[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide5/5 stars[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

  1. "Frelimo" - 8:14
  2. "Hurry Home" (Buddy Bernier, Joseph Meyer, Robert D. Emmerich) - 6:24
  3. "Russian Lullaby" (Irving Berlin) - 6:51
  4. "Be Bop (Dizzy's Fingers)" - 4:31
  5. "Birks' Works" - 8:55
  6. "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) - 2:48
  7. "Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) - 6:55

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 16, 2012
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Dryden, K. AllMusic Review accessed April 16, 2012
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 83. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ 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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