Library — Album
New Jazz Sounds
Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Harris
1955 · Norgran Records
Personnel
BC
Benny Cartercoming soon
played Alto Saxophone on this album
BH
Bill Harriscoming soon
played Trombone on this album
GD
George Duviviercoming soon
played Double Bass on this album
BR
Buddy Richcoming soon
played Drums on this album
LB
Louis Bellsoncoming soon
played Drums on this album
DA
Don Abneycoming soon
played Piano on this album
The titles of World Statesman (1956) and Dizzy In Greece (1957) are not travel whimsy. Gillespie's big band was the first jazz orchestra the US State Department sent abroad as cultural diplomacy, in 1956, and both records are by-products of that assignment — the place names are an itinerary, not a mood.