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Dizzy Gillespie - Afro
Performer:
Dizzy Gillespie
Title:

Afro

Category:
MP3 RAR album size:
1554 mb
FLAC RAR album size:
1776 mb
Formats:
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Short-Info
Label: Verve Records ‎– 517 052-2, Norgran Records ‎– MG N-1003
Series: LP Reproduction –
Type: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition
Country: UK & Europe
Date of released: 07 May 2002
Category: Jazz
Style: Afro-Cuban Jazz
Rating:
4.5 / 5
Votes:
512

Tracklist

1 Manteca Theme
2 Contraste
3 Jungla
4 Rhumba-Finale
5 A Night In Tunisia
6 Caravan
7 Con Alma

Companies, etc.

  • Copyright (c) – The Verve Music Group
  • Recorded At – Fine Sound

Credits

  • Alto Saxophone – George Dorsey (tracks: 1 to 4), Hilton Jefferson (tracks: 1 to 4)
  • Arranged By, Conductor – Chico O'Farrill (tracks: 1 to 4)
  • Baritone Saxophone – Danny Bank (tracks: 1 to 4)
  • Bass – Robert Rodriguez* (tracks: 5 to 7)
  • Bass [Afro] – Robert Rodriguez* (tracks: 1 to 4)
  • Bass [Jazz] – Lewis Hackney* (tracks: 1 to 4)
  • Bongos – Joe Mangual* (tracks: 1 to 4), Jose Mangual (tracks: 5 to 7)
  • Congas – Candido Camero*, Ramon Santanaria* (tracks: 1 to 4), Rafael Miranda (tracks: 5 to 7)
  • Design [Original-lp Cover] – David Stone Martin
  • Drums [Jazz] – Charlie Persip (tracks: 1 to 4)
  • Flute – Gilberto Valdes* (tracks: 5, 6)
  • Piano – Alejandro Hernandez (tracks: 5 to 7)
  • Piano [Afro] – Ray Concepcion (tracks: 1 to 4)
  • Piano [Jazz] – Wade Legge (tracks: 1 to 4)
  • Producer [Original Recordings], Liner Notes – Norman Granz
  • Tenor Saxophone – Earl Mobley* (tracks: 1 to 4), Lucky Thompson (tracks: 1 to 4)
  • Timbales – Ubaldo Nieto
  • Trombone – George Matthews (tracks: 1 to 4), J.J. Johnson (tracks: 1 to 4), Leon Comegys (tracks: 1 to 4)
  • Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie, Ernie Royal (tracks: 1 to 4), James Nottingham* (tracks: 1 to 4), Quincy Jones (tracks: 1 to 4)

Notes

Tracks 1-4: Recorded May 24, 1954 at Fine Sound, New York City
Tracks 5-7: Recorded June 3, 1954 at Fine Sound, New York City

96 kHz, 24-bit digital transfer
Available until May 2005

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
MG N-1003 Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra Afro ‎(LP, Album, Mono) Norgran Records MG N-1003 US 1954
POJJ-1517 Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra Manteca ‎(LP, Album, RE) Verve Records POJJ-1517 Japan 1992
POCJ-2772 Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra Manteca ‎(CD, Album, Mono, RE) Verve Records POCJ-2772 Japan 1999
GLP 3543 Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra Afro ‎(LP, Album, Mono) Blue Star GLP 3543 France Unknown
MG V-8208 Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra Manteca ‎(LP, Album) Verve Records MG V-8208 US 1956

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