Boxset / Compilation · 1957
Tracklist
A1 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
A2 Alone Together
A3 The Things I Love
A4 Lullaby Of The Leaves
A5 Boppin` The Blues
A6 Smokey Hollow Jump
B1 On The Alamo
B2 I Found A Million Dollar Baby
B3 What Is There To Stay
B4 Interlude In C.
B5 Moody Speaks
B6 For Hecklers Only
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – John Brown (tracks: A5, A6, B5, B6)
Bass – Ray Brown (tracks: A5, A6, B5, B6)
Congas – Carlos Vidal (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B4)
French Horn – John Graas (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B4)
Piano – Hank Jones (tracks: A5, A6, B5, B6), Paul Smith (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B4)
Tenor Saxophone – James Moody (tracks: A5, A6, B5, B6)
Trumpet – Dave Burns (tracks: A5, A6, B5, B6), Dizzy Gillespie
Vibraphone – Milt Jackson (tracks: A5, A6, B5, B6)
About this release
Savoy Records – MG 12110 (US)
Dizzy Gillespie with the orchestra of Johnny Richards:
A1, A4, B2, B3 - recorded October 31, 1950
A2, A3, B1, B4 - recorded November 1, 1950
Dizzy Gillespie with the Bebob Boys:
A5, A6, B5, B6 - recorded September 25, 1946
This set features eight tracks of famed trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie sitting in with Johnny Richards' orchestra at a session that was recorded for the West Coast label Discovery Records (and released under the title Dizzy Gillespie Plays, Johnny Richards Conducts) and four tracks cut with the so-called BeBop Boys from a session held in 1946. Savoy combined the tracks for its 1950 LP release titled The Dizzy Gillespie Story)
Thanks to snobb for the addition and js for the updates