LP - Dizzy Gillespie - The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (Verve By Request)

1LP - part of the Verve By Request Series

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing.

The band Gillespie assembled for this date - Junior Mance, Les Spann, Sam Jones, & Lex Humphries - was for the most part a working band on the club & concert circuit, offering a mixture of Gillespie's entertaining songs, established repertoire, & some Latin & African-influenced pieces. With them, Dizzy found a middle ground in his music that gave his legacy room to breathe, but with much more rhythmic variety.