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The Dizzy's Diamonds: Best of the Verve Years ()

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The Dizzy's Diamonds: Best of the Verve Years - Dizzy Gillespie
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  1. Prelude
  2. 'Bout to Wail
  3. Umbrella Man
  4. The Chains
  5. Birk's Works
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  1. Prelude
  2. 'Bout to Wail
  3. Umbrella Man
  4. The Chains
  5. Birk's Works
  6. Stella by Starlight
  7. Dizzy's Business
  8. Autumn Leaves
  9. Dizzy's Blues
  10. Flamingo
  11. Jordu
  12. Evening Sound
  13. Take the "A" Train
  14. Blue 'N' Boogie
  15. Bonnie's Blues
  16. Ool-Ya-Koo
  17. Blues After Dark
  18. The Heat's On
  19. Leap Frog
  20. Where's Adam?]
  21. There Is No Greater Love
  22. Just One of Those Things
  23. I Know That You Know
  24. Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
  25. Dizzy Atmosphere
  26. Manteca
  27. Fiesta Mojo
  28. A Night in Tunisia
  29. And Then She Stopped
  30. Tin Tin Deo
  31. Desafinado
  32. Africana
  33. Pergunte Ao João
  34. Caravan
  35. This Lovely Feeling
  36. Ungawa
  37. Begin the Beguine
  38. Con Alma
  39. Rio Pakistan
  40. Jambo
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Many of trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's recordings for the Verve label in the '50s and early '60s show him at the peak of his powers. This three-CD set is a sampler of his legacy, with the discs subtitled "Big Band," "Small Groups & Guests" and "In an Afro Cuban, Bossa Nova, Calypso Groove." The programming jumps all over the place and makes little sense but this set serves as a good excuse to acquire 40 performances by the great Gillespie and the many all-stars who recorded with him. Few but the most fanatical veteran ...

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