Jazz Recital

For the Charlie Byrd album, see Jazz Recital (Charlie Byrd album).
Jazz Recital
A photo of Gillespie sticking his finger in a hole in his instrument, recolored purple and in front of a black background.
Studio album by
Dizzy Gillespie
Released1956
RecordedMay 25 & June 8, 1954, and September 12 & November 8, 1955
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelNorgran
MGN 1083[1]
ProducerNorman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Roy and Diz
(1954) 		Jazz Recital
(1956) 		One Night in Washington
(1955)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
DownBeat[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

Jazz Recital (also released as Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra) is an album by the trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1954 and 1955 and released on the Norgran label. It consists of quintet, sextet and jazz orchestra tracks.[5]

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra – Dizzy Gillespie, AllMusic. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference DB56 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Dizzy Gillespie discography. Retrieved March 27, 2012.