The New Continent
1962 studio album by Dizzy Gillespie
The New Continent | ||||
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Studio album by Dizzy Gillespie | ||||
Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | September 1962 | |||
Studio | United Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 76:39 | |||
Label | Limelight LS/LM 86022 | |||
Dizzy Gillespie chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Record Mirror | [2] |
The New Continent is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band featuring performances arranged and composed by Lalo Schifrin and conducted by Benny Carter recorded in 1962 and released on the Limelight label.[3] The CD reissue added four bonus tracks originally released on An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (Verve, 1961).
Track listing
All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except as indicated
- "The Empire" - 5:48
- "The Conquerors" - 7:32
- "The Legend of Atlantis" - 7:43
- "The Chains" - 9:10
- "The Swords" - 4:06
- "Chorale" - 5:48
- "Kush" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 11:01 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Salt Peanuts" (Kenny Clarke, Gillespie) – 7:08 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 6:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "The Mooche" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 11:43 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded at United Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California in September, 1962 (tracks 1–6) and at The Museum Of Modern Art in New York City on February 9, 1961 (tracks 7–10)
Personnel
- Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
- Conte Candoli, Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson - trumpet (tracks 1–6)
- Mike Barone, Bob Edmonson, Frank Rosolino, Kenny Shroyer - trombone (tracks 1–6)
- Luis Kant, Stewart Rensey, Ches Thompson - French horn (tracks 1–6)
- Red Callender - tuba (tracks 1–6)
- Charlie Kennedy, Phil Woods - alto saxophone (tracks 1–6)
- Leo Wright - alto saxophone, flute (tracks 7–10)
- James Moody, Bill Perkins - tenor saxophone (tracks 1–6)
- Bill Hood - baritone saxophone (tracks 1–6)
- Lalo Schifrin - piano, arranger
- Al Hendrickson - guitar (tracks 1–6)
- Buddy Clark (tracks 1–6), Bob Cunningham (tracks 7–10), Chris White (tracks 1–6) - double bass
- Rudy Collins (tracks 1–6), Chuck Lampkin (tracks 7–10), Mel Lewis (tracks 1–6) - drums
- Candido Camero - conga (tracks 7–10)
- Francisco Aguabella, Larry Bunker, Emil Richards - percussion (tracks 1–6)
- Benny Carter - conductor (tracks 1–6)
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (12 February 1966). "Dizzy Gillespie: The New Continent" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 257. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 2, 2012
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- 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)
- 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)
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)
- The Cool World (1964)
- The Winter in Lisbon (1990)
- "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"
- To Be or Not to Bop (1979)
- List of works
- Bird (1988 film)
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