The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie

The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label.

Reception

The AllMusic review calls the album "a pleasing – if not all that essential – date of melodic music from the masterful trumpeter."

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

Side A

1. "Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac" – 7:06
2. "Always" (Irving Berlin) – 5:34
3. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 7:20
4. "Ungawa" (Gillespie, Oswaldo Nuñez) – 3:19

Side B

1. "Lorraine" – 4:14
2. "Girl of My Dreams" (Sunny Clapp) – 7:41
3. "Constantinople" – 7:00
4. "Umbrella Man" (Vincent Rose, Larry Stock, James Cavanaugh) – 2:40

• The Fresh Sound 2-CD set also includes the complete Have Trumpet Will Excite Album

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals (tracks 1 and 8)
• Les Spann – guitar, flute
• Junior Mance – piano
• Sam Jones – bass
• Lex Humphries – drums
• Carlos "Patato" Valdes – congas (tracks 4 and 5)

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