Dizzy Gillespie, Volume 1/2 (1946–1949)

Album by Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie, Volume 1/2 (1946–1949) is a compilation album by American trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, collecting recordings made between 1946 and 1949. The set documents his pivotal work in the development of bebop and small-group jazz, characterised by rapid tempos, complex harmonies, virtuosic improvisation and early experiments with Afro-Cuban rhythmic elements that influenced the direction of modern jazz.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    52nd Street Theme
    3:12
  2. 2.
    52nd Street Theme
    3:04
  3. 3.
    A Night in Tunisia
    3:05
  4. 4.
    Ol’ Man Rebop
    2:44
  5. 5.
    Anthropology
    2:37
  6. 6.
    Anthropology
    2:54
  7. 7.
    Ow!
    2:57
  8. 8.
    Oop-Pop-A-Da
    3:12
  9. 9.
    Two Bass Hit
    2:46
  10. 10.
    Stay on It
    3:13
  11. 11.
    Algo Bueno
    2:59
  12. 12.
    Cool Breeze
    2:45
  13. 13.
    Cubana Be
    2:40
  14. 14.
    Cubana Bop
    3:07
  15. 15.
    Manteca
    3:05
  16. 16.
    Good Bait
    2:46

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Ool-Ya-Koo
    2:47
  2. 3.
    Minor Walk
    2:52
  3. 4.
    Guarachi Guaro
    3:09
  4. 5.
    Duff Capers
    4:13
  5. 6.
    Lover Come Back to Me
    3:26
  6. 7.
    I’m Be Boppin’ Too
    2:15
  7. 8.
    I’m Be Boppin’ Too
    2:21
  8. 9.
    Overtime
    4:32
  9. 10.
    Victory Ball
    4:11
  10. 11.
    Swedish Suite
    2:57
  11. 12.
    St. Louis Blues
    3:03
  12. 13.
    Katy
    3:01
  13. 14.
    Jump Did-Le-Ba
    2:29
  14. 15.
    Hey Pete Le’s Eat Mo’ Meat!
    2:59
  15. 16.
    Jumpin With Symphony Sid
    3:02
  16. 17.
    In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee
    2:33

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