Audio CD review:
Dizzy Gillespie - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings: 1937-1949

Dizzy Gillespie - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings: 1937-1949

Band: Dizzy Gillespie Title: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings: 1937-1949 Rating: Release Date: 24 January, 1995 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Manteca 2: Anthropology 3: King Porter Stomp 4: Yours And Mine 5: Blue Rhythm Fantasy 6: Hot Mallets 7: 52nd Street Theme - Take 1 8: 52nd Street Theme - Take 2 9: Night In Tunisia - Take 1 10: Night In Tunisia - Incomplete Take 11: Ol' Man Rebop 12: Anthropology - Take 1 13: Ow! 14: Oop-Pop-A-Da 15: Two Bass Hit 16: Stay On It 17: Algo Bueno (Woody 'N You) 18: Cool Breeze 19: Cubana Be 20: Cubana Bop 21: Ool-Ya-Koo 22: Minor Walk 23: Good Bait 24: Guarachi Guaro 25: Duff Capers 26: Lover, Come Back To Me 27: I'm Be Boppin' Too 28: Swedish Suite 29: St. Louis Blues 30: I Should Care 31: That Old Black Magic 32: You Go To My Head 33: Jump Did-Le Ba 34: Dizzier And Dizzier 35: I'm Be Boppin' Too - Take 2 36: Hey Pete! Le's Eat More Meat 37: Jumpin' With Symphony Sid 38: If Love Is Trouble 39: In The Land Of Oo-Bla-Dee 40: Overtime - Shorter Take 41: Overtime - Longer Take 42: Victory Ball - Shorter Take 43: Victory Ball - Longer Take

Editoral Review Actually, the '40s Gillespie-helmed recordings of "Manteca" and "Anthropology" begin the first disc, but that's kind of a sequencing quirk. These two Diz discs bookend two-years'-worth of late-'40s Gillespie orchestra recordings with some earlier Teddy Hill Orchestra and Lionel Hampton Orchestra sides. Also included here are later Metronome All-Stars baubles. Here's a generous and savory taste of Gillespie ascending. --Steven Stolder .. You can see a complete list of all Dizzy Gillespie discography, or go back to the Dizzy Gillespie tabs