Dizzy Gillespie: Dizzy Gillespie Volume II

Record EX to even NM. Pickup possible at our Helsinki store (by selecting the "local pickup" shipping option).

Ⓟ 1973 Everest Records, Inc. (on center labels)
Print for company on rear cover & center label (logo upper part): Everest Records

“Electronically re-recorded to simulate stereo”.

Cat# variations:
– spine, front- & rearcover: FS 272
– Center Label: FS 272 (E)
Track A3 to A5 – same personnel as Track A1

Recording Dates:
Track A1, A3 to A5 February 9, 1945 New York
Track A2 May 11,1945
Track B1 to B4 June 10,1946
Track B5 May 15,1946

More recent discographies (https://www.jazzdisco.org/dizzy-gillespie/discography/ and “The Jazz Discography”, by Tom Lord) have, in most cases, differing recording dates and personnel from what is given on the release. These are:
Track A1: as on release
A3, A4, A5: Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Clyde Hart, piano; Remo Palmieri, guitar; Slam Stewart, bass; Cozy Cole, drums. Recorded in New York, Feb. 28, 1945
A2: as on release, except no vocals, and release has bass and piano reversed (corrected above).
B1, B2, B3: as on release, except substitute Elmon Wright for John Lynch, Pee Wee Moore for Saul Moore; add Milt Jackson, vibes. Recorded in New York, July 9, 1946.
B4: as on release, except, substitute Charles Greenlea for Gordon Thomas, Pee Wee Moore for Saul Moore, Milt Jackson for John Lewis
B5: as on release, except no vocals.

All tracks originally released on Guild or Musicraft 78’s.