Collectables Jazz Classics (series)

Giants (with Bobby Hackett & Mary Lou Williams) / Portrait of Jenny

by Dizzy Gillespie

Description by OLDIES.com:

For those who require an introduction to Dizzy Gillespie, he was a legendary jazz trumpeter with both large and small bands, a leading exponent of bebop, and a pioneer of Afro-Cuban jazz in the US. Two of his albums are collected together on this single disc; on "Giant," Gillespie is joined by Bobby Hacket and pianist Mary Lou Williams. "Portrait of Jenny" is all of Dizzy's historical recordings.

Product Description:

2 LPs on 1 CD: GIANTS (1971)/PORTRAIT OF JENNY (1970).

Includes liner notes by Mark Marymont.

GIANTS:

Personnel: Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Hackett (trumpet); Mary Lou Williams (piano); George Duvivier (bass); Grady Tate (drums).

POTRAIT OF JENNY:

Personnel: Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet); Mike Longo (piano); George Davis (guitar); Andrew Gonzalez (bass); Jerry Gonzalez, Carlos Valdes (congas); Nicholas Marrero (timbales).