Jambo Caribe

Jambo Caribe
Studio album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released 1964
Recorded November 4, 5 & 6, 1964
Universal Studios, Chicago
Genre Jazz
Length 32:57
Label Limelight
LS 86007
Producer Hal Mooney
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
The Cool World
(1964)The Cool World1964		 Jambo Caribe
(1964)		 Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie
(1965)Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie1965

Jambo Caribe is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1964 and released on the Limelight label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review states "The populist Dizzy Gillespie gets full rein in this lively, happy collection of tunes exploring rhythms and idioms from the Caribbean. Gillespie is in an ebullient mood, even offering some sly lead calypso vocals on three numbers".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

  1. "Fiesta Mo-Jo" - 3:50
  2. "Barbados Carnival" (Chris White) - 2:55
  3. "Jambo" - 4:57
  4. "Trinidad, Hello" (Kenny Barron) - 4:20
  5. "Poor Joe" (Joe Willoughby) - 2:38
  6. "And Then She Stopped" - 3:15
  7. "Don't Try to Keep up with the Joneses" (Willoughby) - 2:36
  8. "Trinidad, Goodbye" (Barron) - 8:26
  • Recorded at Universal Studios in Chicago, Illinois on November 4 (tracks 2 & 6), November 5 (tracks 3-5) and November 6 (tracks 1, 7 & 8), 1964

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 3, 2012
  2. 1 2 Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed April 3, 2012
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 84. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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