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The Complete RCA Victor Recordings is a 1995 compilation 2-CD set of sessions led by Jazz trumpeter and composer Dizzy Gillespie recorded for the RCA Victor label between 1937 and 1949.

The Complete RCA Victor Recordings

• GILESPIE DIZZY THE COMPLETE RCA VICTOR REC. 1937-1949
• Audio CD – Audiobook
• 04/26/2007 (Publication Date) - Sony Legacy (Publisher)

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Track listing:
All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except where noted.

Disc one

“Manteca” (Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller) – 3:06
“Anthropology” [Take 2] (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie) – 2:53
“King Porter Stomp” (Jelly Roll Morton) – 3:04
“Yours and Mine” (Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown) – 2:41
“Blue Rhythm Fantasy” (Chappie Willett, Teddy Hill) – 2:42
“Hot Mallets” – (Lionel Hampton) – 2:17
“52nd Street Theme” [Take 1] (Thelonious Monk) – 3:13
“52nd Street Theme” [Take 2] (Monk) – 3:05
“A Night in Tunisia” [Take 1] (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 3:07
“A Night in Tunisia” [Incomplete Take] (Gillespie, Paparelli) – 2:05
“Ol’ Man Rebop” (Leonard Feather) – 2:44
“Anthropology” [Take 1] (Parker, Gillespie) – 2:37
“Ow!” – 2:56
“Oop-Pop-A-Da” (Babs Gonzales) – 3:12
“Two Bass Hit” (Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis) – 2:56
“Stay On It” (Dizzy Gillespie, Tadd Dameron) – 3:13
“Algo Bueno (Woody ‘n You)” – 2:59
“Cool Breeze” (Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, Tadd Dameron) – 2:48
“Cubana Be” – 2:41
“Cubana Bop” – 3:17
“Ool-Ya-Koo” (Gillespie, Fuller) – 2:52
“Minor Walk” (Gillespie, Linton Garner) – 2:44

Disc two

“Good Bait” (Count Basie, Tadd Dameron) – 2:46
“Guarachi Guaro” – 3:12
“Duff Capers” (Garner) – 3:10
“Lover, Come Back to Me” (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 3:32
“I’m Be Boppin’ Too” [Take 1] (Lorraine Gillespie) – 2:18
“Swedish Suite” (Fuller) – 2:56
“St. Louis Blues” (W. C. Handy) – 3:07
“I Should Care” (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) – 3:03
“That Old Black Magic” (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:40
“You Go to My Head” (Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots) – 3:01
“Jump Did-Le Ba” – 2:28
“Dizzier and Dizzier” (Count Basie, Gerald Wilson) – 3:06
“I’m Be Boppin’ Too” Take 2 (Lorraine Gillespie) – 2:22
“Hey Pete! Let’s Eat More Meat” (Buster Harding, Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Peterson) – 3:01
“Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid” (Lester Young) – 3:03
“If Love Is Trouble” (George Handy, Jack Segal) – 3:43
“In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee” (Mary Lou Williams, Milt Orent) – 2:36
“Overtime” [Shorter Take] (Pete Rugolo) – 3:06
“Overtime” [Longer Take] (Pete Rugolo) – 4:31
“Victory Ball” [Shorter Take] (Lennie Tristano) – 2:40
“Victory Ball” [Longer Take] (Tristano) – 4:12

Recorded in New York City on May 17, 1937 (tracks 1–3 to 1–5), September 11, 1939 (track 1–6), February 22, 1946 (tracks 1–2 & 1–7 to 1–12), August 22, 1947 (tracks 1–13 to 1–16), December 22, 1947 (tracks 1–17 to 1–20), December 30, 1947 (Tracks 1-1, 1–21, 1–22 & 2–1), December 29, 1948 (tracks 2-2 to 2–5), January 3, 1949 (tracks 2–18 to 2–21), April 14, 1949 (tracks 2–6 to 2–9), May 6, 1949 (tracks 2–10 to 2–13) and July 6, 1949 (tracks 2–14 to 2–17)

Personnel:
Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals
Benny Bailey (tracks: 1-1, 1–17 to 2–1), Benny Harris (tracks: 2–6 to 2–17), Bill Dillard (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5), Dave Burns (tracks: 1-1, 1–13 to 2–5), Elmon Wright (tracks: 1-1, 1–13 to 2–17), Fats Navarro (tracks: 2–18, 2–19, 2–21), Lammar Wright Jr. (tracks: 1-1, 1–17 to 2–1), Matthew McKay (tracks: 1–13 to 1–16), Miles Davis (tracks: 2–18, 2–19, 2–21), Ray Orr (tracks: 1–13 to 1–16), Shad Collins (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5), Willie Cook (tracks: 2-2 to 2–17) – trumpet
Andy Duryea (tracks: 2-2 to 2–17), William Shepherd (tracks: 1-1, 1–13 to 2–1), Charles Greenlea (tracks: 2–14 to 2–17), Dicky Wells (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5), J. J. Johnson (tracks: 2–14 to 2–19, 2–21), Jesse Tarrant (tracks: 2-2 to 2–13), Kai Winding (tracks: 2–18 to 2–21), Sam Hurt (tracks: 2-2 to 2–13), Taswell Baird (tracks: 1–13 to 1–16), Ted Kelly (tracks: 1-1, 1–17 to 2–1) – trombone
Buddy DeFranco – clarinet (tracks: 2–18 to 2–21)
Benny Carter (tracks: 1–6), Charlie Parker (tracks: 2–18 to 2–21), Ernie Henry (tracks: 2-2 to 2–17), Howard Johnson (tracks: 1-1, 1–3 to 1–5, 1–13 to 2–1), John Brown (tracks: 1-1, 1–13 to 2–17), Russell Procope (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5) – alto saxophone
Ben Webster (tracks: 1–6), Big Nick Nicholas (tracks: 1-1, 1–17 to 2–1), Budd Johnson (tracks: 2-2 to 2–5), Charlie Ventura (tracks: 2–18 to 2–21), Coleman Hawkins (tracks: 1–6), Don Byas (tracks: 1–7 to 1–11), James Moody (tracks: 1–13 to 1–16), Joe Gayles (tracks: 1-1, 1–13 to 2–17), Chu Berry (tracks: 1–6), Robert Carroll (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5), Teddy Hill (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5), Yusef Lateef (tracks: 2–6 to 2–17) – tenor saxophone
Al Gibson (tracks: 2–6 to 2–17), Cecil Payne (tracks: 1-1, 1–13 to 2–5), Ernie Caceres (tracks: 2–18, 2–19, 2–21) – baritone saxophone
Bill DeArango (tracks: 1–2, 1–7 to 1–12), Billy Bauer (tracks: 2–18 to 2–21), Charlie Christian (tracks: 1–6), John Collins (tracks: 1–13 to 1–16), John Smith (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5) – guitar
Al Haig (tracks: 1–2, 1–7 to 1–12), Clyde Hart (tracks: 1–6), James Forman (tracks: 2-2 to 2–17), John Lewis (tracks: 1-1, 1–13 to 2–1), Lennie Tristano (tracks: 2–18 to 2–21), Sam Allen (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5) – piano
Lionel Hampton (tracks: 1–6), Milt Jackson (tracks: 1–2, 1–7 to 1–16) – vibraphone
Al McKibbon (tracks: 1-1, 1–17 to 2–17), Eddie Safranski (tracks: 2–18 to 2–21), Milt Hinton (tracks: 1–6), Ray Brown (tracks: 1–2, 1–7 to 1–16), Richard Fullbright (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5) – bass
Bill Beason (tracks: 1–3 to 1–5), Cozy Cole (tracks: 1–6), J. C. Heard (tracks: 1–2, 1–7 to 1–12), Joe Harris (tracks: 1–13 to 1–16), Kenny Clarke (tracks: 1-1, 1–17 to 2–1), Shelly Manne (tracks: 2–18 to 2–21), Teddy Stewart (tracks: 2-2 to 2–17) – drums
Chano Pozo – congas, bongos, vocals (tracks: 1-1, 1–17 to 2–1)
Sabu Martinez – bongos (tracks: 2-2 to 2–5)
Joe Harris (tracks: 2-2 to 2–5), Vince Guerra (tracks: 2–6 to 2–17) – congas
Bill Dillard (tracks: 1–4), Joe Carroll (tracks: 2–11, 2–14, 2–17), Johnny Hartman (tracks: 2–8 to 2–10, 2–16), Kenny Hagood (tracks: 1–14, 1–18, 1–21) – vocals

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Released: January 24, 1995
Recorded: May 17, 1937 – July 6, 1949
Length: 127:35
Label: Bluebird