Dizzy Gillespie Plays & Johnny Richards Conducts

Album by Dizzy Gillespie & Johnny Richards

Dizzy Gillespie Plays and Johnny Richards Conducts is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, released in 1955. The music blends bebop soloing with larger-scale big-band and orchestral arrangements, using intricate horn voicings and extended harmonies as part of Gillespie's mid-1950s exploration of expanding bebop into arranged ensemble settings.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Swing Low Sweet Chariot
  2. 2.
    Interlude in C

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Million Dollar Baby
  2. 3.
    What Is There to Say

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Alone Together
  2. 4.
    These Are the Things I Love

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    On the Alamo
  2. 5.
    Lullaby of the Leaves

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