Album · 1957
Tracklist
A1 Lady Be Good
A2 Pop's Confessin'
A3 Nobody Knows
A4 Bopsie's Blues
A5 I Couldn't Beat The Rap
B1 School Days
B2 I'm In A Mess
B3 Umbrella Man
B4 Love Me Pretty Baby
B5 We Love To Boogie
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone [uncredited] – Bill Graham (tracks: A2 to B3)
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone [uncredited] – John Coltrane (tracks: B5)
Bass [uncredited] – Bernie Griggs (tracks: A2, B3), Percy Heath (tracks: A1, A3 to B2, B4, B5)
Drums [uncredited] – Al Jones (tracks: A2 to B3), Art Blakey (tracks: A1, B4), Carl "Kansas" Fields (tracks: B5)
Guitar [uncredited] – Kenny Burrell (tracks: B5)
Organ, Vocals – Milt Jackson (tracks: A3)
Piano [uncredited] – Wynton Kelly (tracks: A2, B3)
Piano, Vibraphone – Milt Jackson (tracks: A1, A3 to B2, B4, B5)
Tenor Saxophone [uncredited] – Budd Johnson (tracks: A1, B4)
Trombone [uncredited] – J.J. Johnson (tracks: A1, B4)
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie
Violin [uncredited] – Stuff Smith (tracks: A3)
Vocals – Joe Carroll (tracks: A1 to B4)
Vocals [uncredited] – Freddy Strong (tracks: B5), Melvin Moore (tracks: A1, A4 to B2, B4)
About this release
Regent Records MG 6043 (US)
Recorded in Detroit, MI, March 1, 1951 (B5), NYC, April 16, 1951 (A1, B4), NYC, August 16, 1951 (A4, A5, B1, B2), NYC, October 25, 1951 (A3) and Chicago, IL, July 18, 1952 (A2, B3)
Released in UK in 1964 as "Volume 3 Of The Dizzy Gillespie Story"(Realm – RM 125)
Thanks to snobb, js for the updates