The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 at the Montreux Jazz Festival is a live album by Dizzy Gillespie recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 16th, 1975 and released on the Pablo later that year.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review called the album a "good but not great set... There are many moments that elicit grins of pleasure, but none that cause jaws to gape with astonishment".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStar[3]

Track listing

  1. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 16:43
  2. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 16:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
  3. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) – 12:13
  4. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) – 11:01

Personnel

References

  1. Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 16, 2012
  2. 1 2 Mason, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 16, 2012
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 83. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.