Boxset / Compilation · 1956
Tracklist
A1 The Champ
A2 Birk's Work
A3 Caravan
A4 Time On My Hands
A5 On The Sunny Side Of The Street
B1 Tin Tin Deo
B2 Stardust
B3 They Can't Take That Away From Me
B4 The Bluest Blues
B5 Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
B6 Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee
Line-up/Musicians
Baritone Saxophone – Bill Graham (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B2 to B6)
Bass – Bernie Griggs (tracks: B3, B6), Percy Heath (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5)
Drums – Al Jones (tracks: A3 to A5, B2 to B6), Art Blakey (tracks: A1), Kansas Fields (tracks: A2, B1)
Guitar – Kenny Burrell (tracks: A2, B1)
Organ – Milt Jackson (tracks: A3 to A5, B2, B4)
Piano – Milt Jackson (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B2, B4, B5), Wynton Kelly (tracks: B3, B6)
Tenor Saxophone – Budd Johnson (tracks: A1), John Coltrane (tracks: A2, B1)
Trombone – J.J. Johnson (tracks: A1)
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie
Vibraphone – Milt Jackson (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5)
Violin – Stuff Smith (tracks: A3 to A5, B2, B4)
Vocals – Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: A3 to A5, B2, B4), Joe Carroll (tracks: B3, B5, B6)
About this release
Savoy Records – MG 12047 (US)
Released in UK as "The Dizzy Gillespie Story - Volume Two"(Realm – RM 118,1963)
Compilation of tracks originally recorded for Dee Gee.
First and 2nd cat # on sleeve, 3rd & 4th on labels. Released in a laminated (front) sleeve with flipbacks.
Dee Gee matrix numbers: A1 (3638); A2 (4020); A3 (2300); A4 (not given); A5 (2303); B1 (4015); B2 (2304); B3 (not given); B4 (2302); B5 (1500); B6 (not given).
Tracks A2 & B1 recorded Detroit, March 1st 1951
Track A1 recorded New York City, April 16th 1951
Tracks B3 & B5 recorded New York City, August 16th 1951
Tracks A3 to A5, B2 & B4 recorded New York City, October 25th 1951
Track B6 recorded New York City, July 18th 1952
Thanks to snobb for the updates