The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie

The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie
Studio album by
Dizzy Gillespie
Released1959
RecordedFebruary 17, 18 & 20, 1959
New York City
GenreJazz
Length44:54
LabelVerve
MGV 8328[1]
ProducerNorman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Sonny Side Up
(1957) 		The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie
(1959) 		Have Trumpet, Will Excite!
(1959)

The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label.[2]

Reception

The AllMusic review calls the album "a pleasing -- if not all that essential -- date of melodic music from the masterful trumpeter."[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
DownBeat[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

  1. "Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac" - 7:06
  2. "Always" (Irving Berlin) - 5:34
  3. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 7:20
  4. "Ungawa" (Gillespie, Oswaldo Nuñez) - 3:19
  5. "Lorraine" - 4:14
  6. "Girl of My Dreams" (Sunny Clapp) - 7:41
  7. "Constantinople" - 7:00
  8. "Umbrella Man" (Vincent Rose, Larry Stock, James Cavanaugh) - 2:40

The Fresh Sound 2-CD set also includes the complete Have Trumpet Will Excite Album

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 23, 2012
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 23, 2012
  4. ^ Gitler, Ira (26 May 1960). "Dizzy Gillespie: The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 11. p. 28.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.


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