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Dizzy Gillespie Quintet & Big Band: Angel City

CD: Moon (Italy)

Personnel
Dizzy Gillespie, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Freddie Hill, Melvin Moore, John Audino (t); Herman Lebow, Sam Cassano, David Burke, Alan Robinson (flhn); Lester Robinson, Francis Fitzpatrick, Jim Amlotte (tb); Buddy Collette, Gabe Baltazar, Bill Green, Carrington Visor Jr; Jack Nimitz (sax); Dennis Budmir (g); Phil Moore Jr. (p); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Jimmy Bond(b); Earl Palmer(d); Gil Fuller (arr)

Recording Date & Location
1965, Monterey, CA

Notes
Recorded live at the Monterey Jazz Festival. The first track is a quintet performance, and the remaining tracks feature the entire band.

Commentary
I have not heard this bootleg album. It is out-of-print and very difficult to find. According to the AMG, the quality of the recording is very poor.

Many of the same personnel recorded a studio album after the festival. It is titled Gil Fuller and the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (Pacific Jazz 93). The only track common to both the Pacific Jazz LP and the Moon bootleg is "Angel City." Sadly, Hutcherson did not participate in the studio recording.