The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis , Skeeter Best, Percy Heath, Charlie Persip - The Modern Jazz Sextet
- Author: The Modern Jazz Sextet
- Album: The Modern Jazz Sextet
- Size: 1761 mb
- Genre: Jazz
- Format: flac, wma, mp3 archive
- Label:
Verve Records – MV 2512
Series: Immortal Jazz On Verve II – Vol. 2
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
Country: Japan
Date of released: 1974
Category: Jazz
Style: Bop

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Tracklist Hide Credits
| A1 | Tour De ForceWritten-By – Gillespie* |
11:39 |
| A2 | Dizzy Meets SonnyWritten-By – Gillespie* |
7:59 |
| Ballad Medley | (7:10) | |
| B1.a | Old FolksWritten-By – Hill*, Robison* |
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| B1.b | What's NewWritten-By – Haggart*, Burke* |
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| B1.c | How Deep Is The OceanWritten-By – Irving Berlin |
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| B2 | Mean To MeWritten-By – Ahlert*, Turk* |
6:30 |
| B3 | Blues For BirdWritten-By – Gillespie*, Stitt* |
9:08 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Polydor K.K.
- Recorded At – Fine Sound
Credits
- Alto Saxophone – Sonny Stitt (tracks: A1 to B1.a, B2, B3)
- Bass – Percy Heath
- Design [Cover] – David Stone Martin
- Drums – Charlie Persip
- Guitar – Skeeter Best
- Piano – John Lewis
- Supervised By – Norman Granz
- Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: A1, A2, B1.c to B3)
Notes
Recorded on January 12th, 1956 at Fine Sound, New York City.Silver on black labels. Without JASRAC logo.
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MG N-1076 | The Modern Jazz Sextet | The Modern Jazz Sextet (LP, Album, Mono, Sil) | Norgran Records | MG N-1076 | US | 1956 |
| J33J 25025, J33J-25025 | The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis , Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip | The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis , Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip - The Modern Jazz Sextet (CD, Album, Mono, RE) | Verve Records, Verve Records | J33J 25025, J33J-25025 | Japan | 1986 |
| MG N-1076 | The Modern Jazz Sextet | The Modern Jazz Sextet (LP, Album, Mono) | Norgran Records | MG N-1076 | US | 1956 |
| VE-1-2533 | The Modern Jazz Sextet | Dizzy Meets Sonny (LP, Album, Promo, RE) | Verve Records | VE-1-2533 | US | 1979 |
| R09395 | The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis , Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip | The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis , Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip - Dizzy Meets Sonny (LP, Album) | World Record Club | R09395 | Australia | Unknown |
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