Dizzy's Party

Dizzy's Party
Studio album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1977
Recorded	September 15 & 16, 1976 Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:50
Label	Pablo 2310-784
Producer	Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Carter, Gillespie Inc. (1976) Dizzy's Party (1977) Free Ride (1977)
Original LP Cover

Dizzy's Party is an album by Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1976 and released on the Pablo label.^[1][2]

Reception

The AllMusic review stated: "A fairly standard date from Dizzy Gillespie's mid-'70s tenure at Pablo Records, Dizzy's Party is primarily a straightforward bop session, with the trumpeter backed by a simple sax/guitar/bass/drums quartet, plus Brazilian percussionist... Dizzy's Party is fine stuff that occasionally approaches excellence".^[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

1. "Dizzy's Party" (Rodney Jones) - 9:44
2. "Shim Sham Shimmy on the St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 7:05
3. "Harlem Samba" (Laurindo Almeida, Gillespie) - 3:29
4. "Land of Milk and Honey" - 12:32

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
• Ray Pizzi – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
• Rodney Jones – guitar
• Benjamin Franklin Brown – electric bass
• Mickey Roker – drums
• Paulinho Da Costa – percussion

References

1. "Dizzy Gillespie Catalog". Jazzdisco.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
2. Kohlhaase, Bill (24 July 1993). "Tilting at Woodwinds". Los Angeles Times. p. B2.
3. Stewart Mason. "Allmusic: Dizzy's Party album – review". Allmusic.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 555. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.