The Giant

~ Release by Dizzy Gillespie (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

Notes

A late effort on Accord.
Despite a stellar line-up, and a couple striking moments, Gillespie is clearly starting to decline.

Annotation last modified on 2008-12-30 17:40 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Manteca
recording of:
Manteca
composer:
Walter “Gil” Fuller (jazz composer & arranger), Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Twenty-Eighth Street Music
13:32
2Alone Together
recording of:
Alone Together
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
publisher:
Arthur Schwartz Music Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
5:29
3Brother "K"
recording of:
Brother K
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
9:34
4Wheatleigh Hall
recording of:
Wheatleigh Hall
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
7:59
5Stella by Starlight
congas:
Humberto Canto (on 1973-04-13)
double bass [bass]:
Niels‐Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist) (on 1973-04-13)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1973-04-13)
piano:
Kenny Drew (on 1973-04-13)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1973-04-13)
instrumental recording of:
Stella by Starlight (on 1973-04-13)
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1946)
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor) (in 1944)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
7:51
6I Waited for You
congas:
Humberto Canto (on 1973-04-13)
double bass [bass]:
Niels‐Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist) (on 1973-04-13)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1973-04-13)
piano:
Kenny Drew (on 1973-04-13)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1973-04-13)
instrumental recording of:
I Waited for You (on 1973-04-13)
writer:
Walter “Gil” Fuller (jazz composer & arranger) and Dizzy Gillespie
3:52
7Girl of My Dreams
congas:
Humberto Canto (on 1973-04-13)
double bass [bass]:
Niels‐Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist) (on 1973-04-13)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1973-04-13)
piano:
Kenny Drew (on 1973-04-13)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1973-04-13)
instrumental recording of:
Girl of My Dreams (on 1973-04-13)
lyricist and composer:
Charles Clapp (in 1927)
5:33