Dizzy Gillespie

[Durium]

DIZZY GILLESPIE

10 CD Membran Box

I purchased myself a cheap 10 CD box of Dizzy Gillespie released by Membran. The only inforation these indivdual CDs contain (no booklet inside) is the track lists. Although I have some experience with research it seems impossible to find out what tracks have been used. While researching CD 3 I learned that some titles seem to be unknown ( like Are You All Reet? or are wrong. That each track seems to be from an indivdual session, so never three or four tunes in line all from the same session and I found it striking that I found a reasonable number of hits for French (Paris) live appearances. Has some of you researched this rather new 10CD box? Can someone indicate me what the source is for these recordings?

These are the titles:

CD 1

1 BLOWING THE BLUES AWAY (Eckstine / Valentine) 0 3 : 1 2

2 HALLELUJAH (Robin / Grey / Youmans) 04:00

3 MOHAWK (C. Parker) 03:35

4 VICTORY BALL (L. Tristano) 02:40

5 WE GO WELL TOGETHER (Robin / Kent) 03:06

6 YOU ARE THE ONE IN MY HEART (Calloway) 0 3 : 1 0

7 DYNAMO B (D. Gillespie) 03:00

8 EMANON (D. Gillespie / Shaw) 03:08

9 FIFTEEN MINUTES INTERMISSION (B. Cannon / S. Skylar) 02:48

10 GOIN’ CONGA (Iznaga) 02:50

11 THEY CAN‘T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME (G. Gershwin / I. Gershwin) 03:43

12 TOO MUCH WEIGHT (unknown) 02:21

13 WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM (Romberg / Hammerstein) 02:54

14 MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME (Bullock / Styne) 02:50

15 NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (Gershwin) 02:45

TOTAL TIME: 46:11

CD 2

1 SALT PEANUTS (Gillespie / Salaam / Cohen / Good) 03:13

2 SOMETIMES I’M HAPPY (Youmans / Caesar / Grey) 05:21

3 THE WORKERS’ TRAIN (Calloway / Skyler / Shaftel) 03:16

4 RELAXIN’ WITH LEE (C. Parker) 03:56

5 SPECIAL DELIVERY (Calloway / Gibson) 02:57

6 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY (Primrose) 02:44

7 BLOOMDIDO (C. Parker) 03:25

8 BLUE ’N’ BOOGIE (Gillespie / Paparelli) 02:55

9 BLUES IN THE NIGHT (Mercer / Arlen) 03:09

10 GOOD BAIT (T. Dameron / C. Basie) 02:45

11 THAT‘S EARL, BROTHER (Gillespie / Brown / Fuller) 02:42

12 THE BLUEST BLUES (Thompson / McFarland) 02:53

13 YESTERDAY (Kern / Harbach) 02:48

14 MY MELANCHOLY BABY (E. M. Burnett / Norton) 03:24

TOTAL TIME: 45:37

CD 3

1 EARLY SESSION HOP (Wilson / Harding) 02:42

2 EMBRACEABLE YOU (G. Gershwin) 0 4 : 2 1

3 GOOD MAIL (T. Dameron / C. Basie) 02:45

4 MOON NOCTURNE (Nathaniel Shilkret) 03:03

5 OOH-SHOO-BE-DOO (Carroll / Graham) 03:20

6 OVERTIME (P. Rugolo) 03:07

7 AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ (Andy Razaf / Fats Waller / Harry Brooks) 02:57

8 ALGO BUENO (WOODY ’N’ YOU) (D. Gillespie) 02:59

9 ARE YOU ALL REET? (Calloway / Palmer / Clark) 03:04

10 DIZZY ATMOSPHERE (D. Gillespie) 02:47

11 OUR DELIGHT (T. Dameron) 02: 3 1

12 SAYS WHO? SAYS YOU, SAYS! (Mercer / Arlen) 02:25

13 STARDUST (Carmichael / Parish) 03:04

14 WAMBA (S. Keita) 09:29

TOTAL TIME: 48:41

CD 4

1 ONE SWEET LETTER FROM YOU (Clare / Brown / Warren) 03:20

2 PERDIDO (Drake / Lenk / Tizol) 07: 5 3

3 RAY’S IDEA (Brown / Fuller) 02:20

4 COOL BREEZE (D. Gillespie / T. Dameron / Eckstine) 02:44

5 GEECHY JOE (Calloway / Palmer / Gibson) 03:07

6 HEY, DOC! (Sampson / Gannon) 03:16

7 HOT HOUSE (T. Dameron) 09:28

8 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU (Eckstine) 02:38

9 MY GAL (Bernard) 02:41

10 ONE BASS HIT (PART 1) (Gillespie / Brown / Fuller) 02:53

11 OOP-POP-A-DA (Gonzales / Paparelli) 03:10

12 SURE THING (Kern / Gershwin) 02:09

13 TIME ON MY HANDS (Adam / Gordon / Youmans) 02:23

TOTAL TIME: 4 8 : 1 2

CD 5

1 HOT AIR (Novell / Calloway) 02:53

2 IT DON’T MEAN A THING (Ellington / Mills) 06:35

3 JUST BLUES (ONE MORE BLUES) (Dizzy Gillespie) 02:59

4 ’ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT (C. Williams / T. Monk) 02:52

5 52ND STREET THEME (T. Monk) 03:04

6 BASS-ICALLY SPEAKING (C. Mingus) 03:58

7 I’M BEBOPPIN’ TOO (D. Gillespie) 02:22

8 LEAP FROG (C. Parker) 02:29

9 LET A SONG GO OUT OF YOU (Mills / Ellington / Nemo / Redmond) 06:16

10 CUBANA BOB (D. Gillespie / G. Russel) 03:08

1 1 D I Z Z Y BOOGIE ( G a i l l a r d ) 0 3 : 1 1

12 GHOST OF A CHANCE (Washington / Crosby / Young) 02:54

13 STAY ON IT (D. Gillespie / T. Dameron) 0 3 : 1 0

TOTAL TIME: 46:05

CD 6

1 A NIGHT IN TUNESIA (D. Gillespie / F. Paparelli) 07: 5 3

2 BLUE AND SENTIMENTAL

(Count Basie / Jerry Livingstone / Mack David) 02:43

3 CARAVAN (Tizol / Ellington / Mills) 02:54

4 CUBANA BE (D. Gillespie / G. Russel) 02:39

5 DUFF CAPERS (L. Garner) 03:07

6 EBONY SILHOUETTE (Paine / Hinton) 02:47

7 RUN LITTLE RABBIT (Gibson / Calloway / Boyd) 03:10

8 SALT PEANUTS (Gillespie / Salaam / Clarke) 07: 5 0

9 GOOD JELLY BLUES (Eckstine) 02:53

10 HEP CAT’S LOVE SONG (Boyd / Calloway / Gibson) 03:03

11 I’VE GOT A DATE WITH RHYTHM (Eckstine) 02:56

12 OL’ MAN REBOP (Wilson) 02:46

13 SHE’S GONE AGAIN (D. Gillespie) 02:41

TOTAL TIME: 47: 3 2

CD 7

1 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE (Kern / Hammerstein) 02:46

2 CARIBE (M. Camilo) 06:54

3 COGNAC BLUES (Dizzy Gillespie) 02:41

4 ’ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT (Williams / Monk) 02:28

5 AN OSCAR FOR TREADWELL (C. Parker) 03:23

6 ANTHROPOLOGY (D. Gillespie / C. Parker / Bishop) 02:54

7 SWING LOW, SWEET CADILLAC (Arr. Gillespie) 03:05

8 TAKE THE “A” TRAIN (Strayhorn) 03:03

9 THE CHAMP (Gillespie) 05:40

10 LONESOME NIGHTS (Mills / Chaney / Carter) 03:00

11 MANTECA (D. Gillespie / C. Gonzales) 03:05

12 NIGHT IN TUNISIA (Gillespie / Paparelli / Heindricks) 03:03

13 ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET (Fields / McHugh) 03:05

TOTAL TIME: 4 5 : 1 5

CD 8

1 ANTHROPOLOGY (Parker / Gillespie) 02:41

2 CHEROKEE (R. Nobel) 04:50

3 CONCHITA (Calloway / Barber) 02:51

4 A CHICKEN AIN’T NOTHIN’ BUT A BIRD (Wallace) 02:53

5 BIRK’S WORKS (Gillespie) 03:06

6 BUH DE DAHT (Johnson / Hart) 03:05

7 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN (PART 1 AND PART 2) 09:37

(Bernie / Pinkard / Casey)

8 THE REAL THING HAPPENED TO ME (Eckstine) 02:42

9 SABLA Y BLU (Dizzy Gillespie) 03:05

10 SMOKEY HOLLOW JUMP (R. Brown / W. Fuller) 03:01

11 THINKING OF YOU (Kalmar / Ruby) 02:45

12 RAINBOW MIST (Hawkins) 02:59

13 SHAW’ NUFF (Gillespie) 02:57

TOTAL TIME: 46:40

CD 9

1 IT’S THE TALK OF THE TOWN (Levinson / Symes / Neiburg) 06:50

2 LULLABY OF BIRDLAND (Forster / Shearing) 02:33

3 MINOR WALK (L. Garner / D. Gillespie) 0 2 : 41

4 HOT HOUSE (Dameron) 03:06

5 IF THAT’S THE WAY YOU FEEL (Eckstine) 02:40

6 JUBILEE (C. Mingus) 03:54

7 TOUR DE FORCE (Gillespie) 1 1 : 0 2

8 JONAH JOINS THE CAB (Calloway) 02:33

9 JUST ONE MORE CHANCE (Arthur Johnston / Sam Coslow) 0 3 : 1 1

10 LOVER COME BACK TO ME (Romberg / Hammerstein II) 03:32

11 I STAY IN THE MOOD FOR YOU (Eckstine) 0 2 : 5 8

12 TIN TIN DEO (Gonzales) 02:40

13 TWO BASS HIT (D. Gillespie / Lewis) 02:46

TOTAL TIME: 50:35

CD 10

1 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE (J. Kern / O. Hammerstein II) 0 8 : 1 1

2 CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO (Gordon / Warren) 02:40

3 COCKTAILS FOR TWO (Arthur Johnston / Sam Coslow) 02:42

4 MRS. FINNIGAN (Higginbotham / Redman) 02:47

5 NORTH OF THE MOHAWK TRAIL (Thomas / Hecht) 03:25

6 OOL YA KOO (D. Gillespie / G. Fuller) 02:49

7 WEE (T. Dameron) 06:54

8 WILLOW WEEP FOR ME (Ronnell) 03:20

9 OOP BOP SH’BAM (Gillespie / Roberts / Fuller) 02:58

10 OW! (D. Gillespie) 02:56

11 ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT (Williams / Monk) 02:28

12 I CAN’T GET STARTED (Gershwin / Duke) 03:00

13 I SEE A MILLION PEOPLE (BUT ALL I CAN SEE IS YOU) 02:59

(Sour / Carlisle)

TOTAL TIME: 47: 1 6

Keep swinging

Durium

[Swinging Swede]

While researching CD 3 I learned that some titles seem to be unknown ( like Are You All Reet? or are wrong.

What do you mean by "unknown"? Are You All Reet? is a Cab Calloway recording from 1941. (Btw, I find it funny how both in the midst of and after Chu Berry's solo the band shouts "Yes, he's all reet!", but they have nothing to say about Dizzy's solo!)

Glancing over the tracklist I would say that the tracks are all over the place, from the late 30s to the 50s (at least). They have even included tracks where Dizzy doesn't solo! And by that I mean both tracks where there is no trumpet solo whatsoever, and tracks where there is one, but it's not Dizzy!

Another thing I find ridiculous is that these CDs all are between 45 and 50 minutes. This could easily have been a 6-CD set. Or they could have included more music on the 10 CDs.

I suppose you get what you pay for.

There are quite a few tracks on this set, so if you could list the ones you haven't been able to identify, we could try to fill in the gaps.

[Swinging Swede]

Another thing:

CD 2

10 GOOD BAIT (T. Dameron / C. Basie) 02:45

CD 3

3 GOOD MAIL (T. Dameron / C. Basie) 02:45

Is this what it seems to be? The same track twice, but with two letters substituted?

[Van Basten II]

While researching CD 3 I learned that some titles seem to be unknown ( like Are You All Reet? or are wrong.

What do you mean by "unknown"? Are You All Reet? is a Cab Calloway recording from 1941. (Btw, I find it funny how both in the midst of and after Chu Berry's solo the band shouts "Yes, he's all reet!", but they have nothing to say about Dizzy's solo!)

From what i understood in the Gillepsie autobiography, there were some tension between Berry and the veterans of the group and the young Dizzy.

[Durium]

There are quite a few tracks on this set, so if you could list the ones you haven't been able to identify, we could try to fill in the gaps.

Give me some days / weeks !!

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Keep swinging

Durium

[brownie]

I like those Membran 10CD sets. They are very short on informations and some of them (not all) may be short on the number of selections but they are great value. They cost just under €10 ($13).

I keep them in my car so that I can enjoy them whenever I am away from home and from my records.

I'll probably get that Dizzy box.

Being EU-made and since I am Yuropian, I have no bad feeling about acquiring those Membran!