The Modern Jazz Sextet

The Modern Jazz Sextet
Studio album by
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Skeeter Best, Charlie Persip
Released1956
RecordedJanuary 12, 1956 at Fine Sound Studios, NYC
GenreJazz
Length42:26
LabelNorgran Records MGN 1076[1]
ProducerNorman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
One Night in Washington
(1955) 		The Modern Jazz Sextet
(1956) 		World Statesman
(1956)

The Modern Jazz Sextet is a jazz album featuring the combined talents of Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Skeeter Best and Charlie Persip.[2] The album was conceived by producer Norman Granz for his own label, Norgran Records.[3] Although no single album artist is credited as a bandleader for this album, Verve Records - which owns the Norgran catalogue - files it as a Dizzy Gillespie album.

Two of the album's rhythm section, Lewis and Heath, also feature in the 1952-founded Modern Jazz Quartet.

  1. ^ Thompson, Dave (December 11, 2018). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440248917 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ MCNALLY, OWEN. "THE MODERN JAZZ SEXTET - SONNY STITT & DIZZY GILLESPIE". courant.com.
  3. ^ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 29, 2016