The Greatest Trumpet of Them All

Studio album by

Dizzy Gillespie

Released

1957

Recorded

December 17, 1957
New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

41:10

Label

Verve
MGV 8352^[1]

Producer

Norman Granz

Dizzy Gillespie chronology

Duets
(1957)

The Greatest Trumpet of Them All
(1957)

Sonny Side Up
(1957)

The Greatest Trumpet of Them All is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring Benny Golson, recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label.^[2]

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Reception

The AllMusic review states: "For many other jazz musicians this would be a 'good' or even 'fine' effort, but Dizzy Gillespie has recorded too much classic music for this disappointment to rate very high."^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]

Track listing

"Blues After Dark" (Benny Golson) - 6:29
"Sea Breeze" - 3:17 (Larry Douglas, Fred Norman and Rommie Beardon)
"Out of the Past" (Benny Golson) - 5:32
"Shabozz" (Gigi Gryce) - 6:00
"Reminiscing" (Gigi Gryce) - 4:50
"A Night at Tony's" (Gigi Gryce) - 5:11
"Smoke Signals" (Gigi Gryce) - 5:04
"Just by Myself" (Benny Golson) - 4:47

Personnel

Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
Henry Coker - trombone
Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone, arranger
Benny Golson - tenor saxophone, arranger
Pee Wee Moore - baritone saxophone
Ray Bryant - piano
Tommy Bryant - bass
Charlie Persip - drums

References

^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
^ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 23, 2012
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 23, 2012
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 84. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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Studio albums	Bird and Diz (1952) Afro (1954) Diz and Getz (1955) Dizzy and Strings (1954) Roy and Diz (1954) Jazz Recital (1956) The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956) World Statesman (1956) Dizzy in Greece (1956) For Musicians Only (1956) Birks' Works (1957) Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith (1957) Sittin' In (1957) Duets (1957) The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (1957) Sonny Side Up (1959) The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (1959) Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (1959) A Portrait of Duke Ellington (1960) Gillespiana (1960) Perceptions (1961) The New Continent (1962) New Wave (1963) Something Old, Something New (1963) Dizzy Goes Hollywood (1964) Jambo Caribe (1964) I/We Had a Ball (1965) Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (1965) The Melody Lingers On (1966) It's My Way (1969) Cornucopia (1969) The Real Thing (1970) Portrait of Jenny (1970) Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (1974) The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (1974) Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie (1974) Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974) The Bop Session (1975) Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (1975) Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (1975) Bahiana (1975) Carter, Gillespie Inc. (1976) Dizzy's Party (1976) Free Ride (1977) The Gifted Ones (1977) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980) The Alternate Blues (1980) To a Finland Station (1983) Closer to the Source (1984) New Faces (1985) Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet (1986) Endlessly (1988) Oop-Pop-A-Da (1988)
Live albums	Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (1957) An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (1961) Carnegie Hall Concert (1961) Dizzy on the French Riviera (1962) Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963) Live at the Village Vanguard (1967) Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (1967) The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (1968) Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in Concert (1971) Giants (1971) The Giants of Jazz (1971) The Giant (1973) The Source (1973) The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975) The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (1975) Dizzy Gillespie Jam (1977) Digital at Montreux, 1980 (1980) Musician, Composer, Raconteur (1981) One Night in Washington (1983) Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1989) Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (1989) Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (1992) To Bird with Love (1992) To Diz with Love (1992)
Compilation albums	Modern Jazz Trumpets (1951) Groovin' High (1955) Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (1976) The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995) The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952–1953 (2004) Dizzy Digs Paris (2006)
Soundtracks	The Cool World (1964) The Winter in Lisbon (1990)
Compositions	"Anthropology" "Birks' Works" "Blue 'n' Boogie" "Con Alma" "Dizzy Atmosphere" "Groovin' High" "Manteca" "A Night in Tunisia" "Oop Bop Sh'Bam" "Salt Peanuts" "Woody 'n' You"
Books	To Be or Not to Bop (1979)
Related articles	List of works Bird (1988 film)

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