Dizzy and Strings

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Dizzy and Strings (also released as Diz Big Band) is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1954 and originally released on the Norgran label.

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Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

1. "Roses of Picardy" (Frederick Weatherly, Haydn Wood) - 4:38
2. "Silhouette" (Johnny Richards) - 3:56
3. "Can You Recall?" (Richards) - 3:27
4. "O Solow" (Richards) - 5:06
5. "Cool Eyes" - 3:48
6. "Confusion" (Buster Harding) - 4:42
7. "Pile Driver" - 3:54
8. "Hob Nail Special" - 2:52

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet, vocals
• John Barrows, Jim Buffington, Jim Chambers, Fred Klein - French horn (tracks 1-4)
• George Berg, Jack Greenberg, Tom Parshley - woodwinds (tracks 1-4)
• Quincy Jones, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal - trumpet (tracks 5-8)
• Leon Comegys, J. J. Johnson, George Matthews - trombone (tracks 5-8)
• George Dorsey, Hilton Jefferson - alto saxophone (tracks 5-8)
• Hank Mobley, Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone (tracks 5-8)
• Danny Bank - baritone saxophone
• Wynton Kelly (tracks 1-4), Wade Legge (tracks 5-8) - piano
• Lou Hackney (tracks 5-8), Percy Heath (tracks 1-4) - bass
• Jimmy Crawford (tracks 1-4), Charlie Persip (tracks 5-8) - drums
• Buster Harding - arranger (tracks 5-8)
• Johnny Richards - arranger, conductor (tracks 1-4)
• Unnamed string section (tracks 1-4)