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Title information

Birk's Works

Dizzy Gillespie

The Champ

Date of recording

1.3.1951, Detroit

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Performers

Dizzy Gillespie Sextet (Orchestra / Ensemble)
Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet)

21.10.1917Cheraw, South Carolina (SC), United States

† 6.1.1993Englewood, New Jersey (NJ), United States

John Coltrane (alto sax, tenor sax)

23.9.1926Hamlet, North Carolina (NC), United States

† 17.7.1967New York City, New York (NY), United States

Milt Jackson (piano)

1.1.1923Detroit, Michigan (MI), United States

† 9.10.1999New York City, New York (NY), United States

Kenny Burrell (electric guitar)

31.7.1931Detroit, Michigan (MI), United States

Percy Heath (Double Bass)

30.4.1923Wilmington, North Carolina (NC), United States

† 28.4.2005Southampton, New York (NY), United States

Kansas Fields (drums)

5.12.1915Chapman, Kansas (KS), United States

† 3.8.1995Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States

Authors

Dizzy Gillespie (Composer)

21.10.1917Cheraw, South Carolina (SC), United States

† 6.1.1993Englewood, New Jersey (NJ), United States

Album information

The Champ

Dizzy Gillespie

The Champ

Year of production

1992

Record Label

Savoy

Tracks

  • 1. The champ
  • 2. Birk's works
  • 3. Caravan
  • 4. Time on my hands
  • 5. On the sunny side of the street
  • 6. Tin tin deo
  • 7. Stardust
  • 8. They can't take that away from me
  • 9. The bluest blues
  • 10. Swing low, sweet cadillac
  • 11. Ooh-shoo-be-doo-be