Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Dizzy In Greece
| Recorded | May 18 & Jun 6, 1956 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 1 credited player |
| Discogs | master 739229 |
The record
Big band bebop caught mid-flight, cut for Verve as Gillespie's orchestra prepped for its State Department tours -- brass fireworks and Afro-Cuban swing from the man who helped invent the language.
Session personnel
- Dizzy Gillespie — trumpet, vocals
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1957 | Verve Records · MGV-8017 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1957 | Verve Records |
| 1958 | Karusell · KEP 339 — Vinyl, 7", EP |
| 1958 | Karusell · KEP 339 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP · laminated sleeve |
| 1958 | Verve Records · MGV-8017 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1958 | Verve Records · EPV 6014 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1961 | Verve Records · MGV-8017 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono |
| 1979 | Verve Records · MV-2630 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1979 | Verve Records · MV-2630 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono |
| 2005 | Verve Records · UCCV-9214 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| — | Verve Records · MGV-8017 — Vinyl, LP, Album |