Album · 2010

When Be-Bop Was King

Released
26 April 2010
Label
Smith & Co
Catalogue no.
SCCD2412
Tracklist
46 tracks
Country
XW

“When Be-Bop Was King” is an album by Dizzy Gillespie, released in 2010 on Smith & Co. The original release has 46 tracks. Jazz standards on the record include “52nd Street Theme”, “A Night In Tunisia”, “All The Things You Are” and “Anthropology”. The line-up features Al McKibbon (double bass), Charlie Parker (alto saxophone), Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Joe Harris (drums (drum set)) and John Lewis (piano).

Who played on When Be-Bop Was King

Tracklist

  1. 1-1 Woody 'N' You — Dizzy Gillespie
  2. 1-2 Disorder At The Border — Coleman Hawkins
  3. 1-3 I Can't Get Started standard — Vernon Duke
  4. 1-4 Good Bait standard — Count Basie, Tadd Dameron
  5. 1-5 Bebop standard — Dizzy Gillespie
  6. 1-6 Blue 'N' Boogie — Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  7. 1-7 Groovin' High standard — Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli, Charlie Parker
  8. 1-8 All The Things you Are standard — Jerome Kern
  9. 1-9 Dizzy Atmosphere — Dizzy Gillespie
  10. 1-10 Salt Peanuts standard — Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie
  11. 1-11 Shaw 'Nuff standard — Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker
  12. 1-12 Hot House standard — Tadd Dameron
  13. 1-13 Diggin' Diz — Dizzy Gillespie, George Handy
  14. 1-14 Confirmation standard — Charlie Parker
  15. 1-15 Dynamo A — Dizzy Gillespie
  16. 1-16 'Round Midnight standard
  17. 1-17 52nd Street Theme standard
  18. 1-18 A Night In Tunisia standard — Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  19. 1-19 Ol' Man Rebop
  20. 1-20 Anthropology standard — Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker
  21. 1-21 Oop Bop Sh'bam
  22. 1-22 Our Delight standard — Tadd Dameron
  23. 1-23 Smokey Hollow Jump — Ray Brown, Walter “Gil” Fuller
  24. 1-24 Boppin' The Blues — Ray Brown
  25. 1-25 Moody Speaks — Dave Burns, James Moody
  26. 2-1 Emanon — Dizzy Gillespie
  27. 2-2 Ow! — Dizzy Gillespie
  28. 2-3 Oop-Pop-A-Da — Babs Gonzales
  29. 2-4 A Night In Tunisia (Live)
  30. 2-5 Dizzy Atmosphere (Live) — Dizzy Gillespie
  31. 2-6 Groovin' High (Live) — Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli, Charlie Parker
  32. 2-7 Confirmation (Live) — Charlie Parker
  33. 2-8 Ko Ko (Live) standard
  34. 2-9 Leap Here
  35. 2-10 Algo Bueno (Woody 'N' You)
  36. 2-11 Cubana Bop — Dizzy Gillespie, George Russell
  37. 2-12 Lover, Come Back To Me standard — Sigmund Romberg
  38. 2-13 I'm Be Boppin' Too — Lorraine Gillespie
  39. 2-14 Katy (Dizzier And Dizzier)
  40. 2-15 Hey Pete Let's Eat More Meat — Dizzy Gillespie, Buster Harding, Lester Peterson
  41. 2-16 Bloomdido standard — Charlie Parker
  42. 2-17 An Oscar For Treadwell
  43. 2-18 Mohawk — Charlie Parker
  44. 2-19 My Melancholy Baby standard — Ernie Burnett
  45. 2-20 Leap Frog — Charlie Parker
  46. 2-21 Relaxin' With Lee — Charlie Parker

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Frequently asked questions

Who played on When Be-Bop Was King?

The line-up of When Be-Bop Was King includes Al McKibbon (double bass), Charlie Parker (alto saxophone), Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Joe Harris (drums (drum set)) and John Lewis (piano).

Which label released When Be-Bop Was King?

When Be-Bop Was King was released in 2010 on Smith & Co (SCCD2412).

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