The Dizzy Gillespie Story: 1939-1950 [Box Set] (2002)

About this title: This four-disc, 100-track box set traces famed bebop trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's career from his early years with Teddy Hill, Lionel Hampton and Cab Calloway through his work with figures like Coleman Hawkins and Billy Eckstine. It includes his 1947 concert at Carnegie Hall with Charlie Parker and concludes with the famous sessions that Gillespie recorded with Parker and Thelonious Monk for Norman Granz in 1950. At a budget price, this package captures Gillespie's peak years and performances and makes a deep introduction to this amazing musician. The sound transfers are decent, but ... read more

Tracks:

1. Blue Rhythm Fantasy [Hill/Willett]
2. Hot Mallets [Hampton]
3. Pickin' the Cabbage [Gillespie]
4. Bye Bye Blues [Bennett/Gray/Hamm]
5. Once in a Lovetime [Davis/Akst]
6. Stardust [Carmichael/Parish]
7. Little John Special [Millinder]
8. Woody 'N' You [Gillespie]
9. Disorder at the Border [Hawkins]
10. I Stay in the Mood for You [Eckstine]
11. I Can't Get Started [Duke/Gershwin]
12. Good Bait [Basie/Dameron]
13. Bebop [Gillespie]
14. Perdido [Tizol/Lengfelder/Dr]
15. Cherokee [Noble]
16. A Night in Tunisia [Gillespie/Paparelli]
17. Groovin' High [Gillespie/Paparelli]
18. Blue 'N' Boogie [Gillespie/Paparelli]
19. Groovin' High [Gillespie]
20. All the Things You Are [Hammerstein/Kern]
21. Dizzy Atmosphere [Gillespie]
22. Salt Peanuts [Clarke/Gillespie]
23. Shaw 'Nuff [Brown/Fuller/Gilles]
24. Hot House [Dameron]
25. Get Happy [Arlen/Koehler]
26. Congo Blues [Norvo]
27. Ten Lessons with Timothy [Simon]
28. Slim's Jam [Gaillard/Parker]
29. Dizzy Atmosphere [Gillespie]
30. Diggin' Diz [Handy]
31. Confirmation [Harris/Parker]
32. Diggin' for Diz [Gillespie]
33. Dynamo A [Gillespie]
34. When I Grow Too Old to Dream [Hammerstein/Romberg]
35. 'Round About Midnight [Hanighen/Monk/Willi]
36. The Way You Look Tonight [Fields/Kern]
37. Why Do I Love You? [Hammerstein/Kern]
38. Who [Kern/Harbach]
39. All the Things You Are [Hammerstein/Kern]
40. 52nd Street Theme [Monk]
41. A Night in Tunisia [Gillespie/Paparelli]
42. Ol' Man Rebop [Wilson]
43. Anthropology [Gillespie/Parker]
44. One Bass Hit, Pt. 1 [Gillespie/Brown/Ful]
45. Oop Bop Sh'bam [Brown/Fuller/Gilles]
46. That's Earl, Brother [Brown/Fuller/Gilles]
47. Our Delight [Dameron]
48. Good Dues Blues [Brown/Fuller/Gilles]
49. Ray's Idea [Brown/Fuller/Gilles]
50. Things to Come [Gillespie/Fuller]
51. For Hecklers Only [Brown/Fuller]
52. Smokey Hollow Jump [Brown/Fuller]
53. Boppin' the Blues [Brown]
54. Moody Speaks [Burns/Moody]
55. Emanon [Gillespie/Shaw]
56. Ow! [Gillespie]
57. Oop-Pop-A-Da [Gillespie/Gonzales]
58. Two Bass Hit [Gillespie/Lewis]
59. Stay on It [Gillespie/Dameron]
60. A Night in Tunisia [Gillespie/Paparelli]
61. Dizzy Atmosphere [Gillespie]
62. Groovin' High [Gillespie]
63. Confirmation [Harris/Parker]
64. Koko [Parker]
65. Leap Here [Cole]
66. Algo Bueno (Woody 'N' You) [Gillespie]
67. Cool Breeze [Dameron/Eckstine/Gi]
68. Cubana Be [Gillespie/Russell]
69. Swedish Suite [Fuller]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.