The Gold Collection

~ Release by Dizzy Gillespie (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD: 1943 – 1959
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1Sweet Georgia Brown
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (on 1943-02-15)
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1943-02-15)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1943-02-15)
recorded at:
Room 305, Savoy Hotel, Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1943-02-15)
instrumental recording of:
Sweet Georgia Brown (on 1943-02-15)
lyricist:
Kenneth Casey (in 1925)
composer:
Ben Bernie (in 1925) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1925)
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Music
7:47
2A Night in Tunisia
recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing
5:10
3Dizzy Atmosphere
recording of:
Dizzy Atmosphere
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
publisher:
MCA Music (ended) and Universal Music Corp.
4:06
4Groovin' High
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (on 1947-09-29)
double bass:
Al McKibbon (on 1947-09-29)
drums (drum set):
Joe Harris (on 1947-09-29)
piano:
John Lewis (on 1947-09-29)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1947-09-29)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1947-09-29)
live recording of:
Groovin’ High (on 1947-09-29)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli and Charlie Parker
5:15
5How High the Moon
alto saxophone:
John Brown (on 1947-09-29) and Howard E. Johnson (on 1947-09-29)
baritone saxophone:
Cecil Payne (on 1947-09-29)
double bass:
Al McKibbon (on 1947-09-29)
drums (drum set):
Joe Harris (on 1947-09-29)
piano:
John Lewis (on 1947-09-29)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Gayles (on 1947-09-29) and James Moody (on 1947-09-29)
trombone:
Taswell Baird (on 1947-09-29) and Bill Shepherd (on 1947-09-29)
trumpet:
Dave Burns (on 1947-09-29), Dizzy Gillespie (on 1947-09-29), Ray Orr (on 1947-09-29) and Elmon Wright (on 1947-09-29)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1947-09-29)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1947-09-29)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1947-09-29)
recording of:
How High the Moon (on 1947-09-29)
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell, Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
4:22
6Birks Works
recording of:
Birk's Works
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
5:23
7Lady Be Good
recording of:
Oh, Lady Be Good!
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music and WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28)
part of:
American Splendor
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
3:40
8Oop-Pop-A-Dah
alto saxophone:
Hubert Fol (in 1952)
double bass:
Pierre Michelot (in 1952)
drums (drum set):
Pierre Lemarchand (in 1952)
piano:
Raymond Fol (in 1952)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (in 1952)
trombone:
Bill Tamper (in 1952)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (in 1952)
vocals:
Dizzy Gillespie
recording of:
Oop-Pop-A-Dah
writer:
Walter “Gil” Fuller and Dizzy Gillespie
6:44
9Embracable You
double bass:
Lou Hackney (in 1954)
drums (drum set):
Al Jones (in 1954)
piano:
Wade Legge (in 1954)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Mobley (in 1954)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (in 1954)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan
live recording of:
Embraceable You (in 1954)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music, New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd., WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2024-01-01)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
3:00
10Dizzys Blues
recording of:
Dizzys Blues
writer:
Dizzy Gillespie
3:25
11Stella by Starlight
recording of:
Stella by Starlight
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1946)
writer:
Ned Washington and Victor Young
composer:
Victor Young (in 1944)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Famous Music Corporation
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
4:06
12Tangorine
alto saxophone:
Ernie Henry (in 1956-12) and Phil Woods (in 1956-12)
baritone saxophone:
Marty Flax (in 1956-12)
double bass:
Nelson Boyd (in 1956-12)
drums (drum set):
Charlie Persip (in 1956-12)
piano:
Walter Bishop (in 1956-12)
tenor saxophone:
Billy Mitchell (in 1956-12) and Ernie Wilkins (in 1956-12)
trombone:
Rod Levitt (in 1956-12), Melba Liston (in 1956-12) and Frank Rehak (in 1956-12)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (in 1956-12), Joe Gordon (in 1956-12), Quincy Jones (in 1956-12), Ermit Perry (in 1956-12) and Carl Warwick (in 1956-12)
recorded at:
Birdland in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1956-12)
recording of:
Tangorine (in 1956-12)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
3:47
13My Heart Belongs to Daddy
cover recording of:
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell, Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
5:05
14Be Bop
recorded in:
Europe (in 1959)
congas:
Carlos “Patato” Valdés (in 1959)
double bass:
Art Davis (in 1959)
drums (drum set):
Les Humphries (in 1959)
guitar:
Les Spann (in 1959)
piano:
Junior Mance (in 1959)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (in 1959)
live recording of:
Be-Bop (in 1959)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
publisher:
MCA Inc./ASCAP
8:02
2▶CD: 1960 – 1968