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1	Tour De Force Written-By – Gillespie*	11:39
2	Dizzy Meets Sonny Written-By – Gillespie*	7:59
Ballad Medley	(7:10)
3.1	Old Folks Written-By – Hill*, Robison*
3.2	What's New Written-By – Haggart*, Burke*
3.3	How Deep Is The Ocean Written-By – Irving Berlin
4	Mean To Me Written-By – Ahlert*, Turk*	6:30
5	Blues For Bird Written-By – Gillespie*, Stitt*	9:08

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Polydor K.K.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Sonny Stitt (tracks: 1 to 3.1, 4, 5)
• Bass – Percy Heath
• Drums – Charlie Persip
• Guitar – Skeeter Best
• Illustration – David Stone Martin
• Piano – John Lewis
• Supervised By – Norman Granz
• Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 1, 2, 3.3 to 5)

Notes

The recording was made on January 12th, 1956 at Fine Sound, New York City.

Originally released by Norgran Records as "The Modern Jazz Sextet" (catalog number MGN 1076) in 1956

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: T4988 005 00632 5
• Rights Society: JASRAC

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
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
G-429	Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis , The Modern Jazz Sextett*, Sonny Stitt	Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis , The Modern Jazz Sextett*, Sonny Stitt - Cross Currents ‎(LP, Album)	American Recording Society	G-429	US	1957

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