Birks Works: The Verve Big-Band Sessions

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Dizzy’s Business
  3:36
• 2
  Hey, Pete
  5:39
• 3
  Jessica’s Day
  4:50
• 4
  Tour De Force
  5:03
• 5
  I Can’t Get Started
  2:55
• 6
  Stella by Starlight
  4:07
• 7
  Doodlin’
  3:55
• 8
  A Night in Tunisia
  5:34
• 9
  The Champ
  4:42
• 10
  Yesterdays
  3:45
• 11
  Tin Tin Deo
  4:17
• 12
  Groovin’ For Nat
  3:20
• 13
  My Reverie
  2:52
• 14
  Dizzy’s Blues
  2:32
• 15
  Annie’s Dance
  4:05
• 16
  Cool Breeze
  4:55
• 17
  School Days
  4:21
• 18
  Jordu
  4:13
• 19
  Yo no quiero bailar
  4:38
• CD 2
• 1
  Birks’ Works
  4:56
• 2
  Autumn Leaves
  3:10
• 3
  Tangorine
  3:43
• 4
  Over the Rainbow
  4:37
• 5
  Umbrella Man
  3:01
• 6
  If You Could See Me Now
  3:31
• 7
  Left Hand Corner (false start)
  0:10
• 8
  Left Hand Corner (alt)
  2:26
• 9
  Left Hand Corner (alt)
  2:17
• 10
  Left Hand Corner (false start)
  0:09
• 11
  Left Hand Corner
  2:23
• 12
  Whisper Not (alt)
  5:49
• 13
  Whisper Not (alt)
  5:07
• 14
  Whisper Not
  5:16
• 15
  Stablemates
  4:12
• 16
  That’s All
  3:12
• 17
  Groovin’ High
  3:53
• 18
  Mayflower Rock (alt)
  3:17
• 19
  Mayflower Rock
  3:13
• 20
  Joogie Boogie
  4:14
• 21
  I Remember Clifford
  4:15
• 22
  You’ll Be Sorry
  2:17
• 23
  Wonder Why
  3:50

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Release credits

• A.K. Salim
  arranger [2.16-17, 1.14]
• Al Grey
  solo [8-9, 11], trombone [2.1-23, 1.18-19]
• Austin Cromer
  solo [1.19, 2.4, 2.6, 2.18-19, 2.23]
• Benny Golson
  arranger [12-15, 21], solo [1, 8-9, 11], tenor saxophone [2.1-23, 1.18-19]
• Billy Mitchell
  solo [2.2, 2.15-16, 1.2-4, 1.8, 1.12, 1.15-18], tenor saxophone [2.1-15, 2.15-23, 1.1-12, 1.12-15, 1.15-16, 1.16-17, 1.17-19]
• Billy Root
  baritone saxophone [2.1-19, 1.18-19]
• Carl Warwick
  trumpet
• Charlie Persip
  drums (drum set), solo [1.8, 2.2]
• Dizzy Gillespie
  arranger [1.4, 1.11, 1.17, 2.3, 2.5, 2.15], lead vocals [9], solo [2.1, 2.3, 2.5-6, 2.8-9, 2.11, 2.13-15, 2.17-22, 1.1-9, 1.9-12, 1.14-19], trumpet [1.1-9, 1.9-11, 1.11-12, 1.12-14, 1.14-15, 1.15-16, 1.16-19, 2.1-15, 2.15-23], vocal [2]
• Ermit Perry
  trumpet
• Ernie Henry
  alto saxophone [1.18-19, 2.1-23], solo [12-14, 17]
• Ernie Wilkins
  arranger [2.1-2, 2.8-9, 2.11, 2.15, 1.1, 1.7, 1.12, 1.18], tenor saxophone [1-17]
• Frank Rehak
  solo [10, 16], trombone [1-16, 16-17]
• Howie Kravitz
  arranger [10]
• Jimmy Powell
  alto saxophone, solo [2]
• Joe Gordon
  solo [8, 15], trumpet [1-15, 15-17]
• Lee Morgan
  solo [5, 12, 16], trumpet [2.1-23, 1.18-19]
• Marty Flax
  baritone saxophone [1-11, 11-17], solo [7, 11]
• Melba Liston
  arranger [2.4, 2.6, 2.15, 2.23, 1.6, 1.13, 1.15, 1.19], solo [2.22, 1.13], trombone [1.1-13, 1.13-19, 2.1-23]
• Nelson Boyd
  bass [9, 11-17], double bass [1-17], solo [8]
• Norman Granz
  producer
• Numa 'Pee Wee' Moore
  baritone saxophone [20-23]
• Paul West
  bass [15], double bass [1.18-19, 2.1-23]
• Phil Woods
  alto saxophone [1-17], solo [1, 10]
• Quincy Jones
  arranger [2-3, 5], trumpet [1-17]
• Ray Connor
  bass trombone [20-23]
• Rod Levitt
  bass trombone [1.1-19, 2.1-19], trombone [1.9, 1.11-17, 2.15]
• Tadd Dameron
  arranger [16]
• Talib Daawud
  trumpet [1.18-19, 2.1-23]
• Walter Davis Jr.
  piano [1-12, 12-17], solo [2-4, 12]
• Wynton Kelly
  piano [2.1-23, 1.18-19], solo [2.3, 2.12-14, 2.16, 2.20, 1.19]
• [no artist]
  vocal [2.5, 2.18-19, 1.2]
• [unknown]
  arranger [8-9]
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Issues

• 

  B
  Birks Works: The Verve Big-Band Sessions

  2x CD
  22 August 1995
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  B
  Birks Works: The Verve Big-Band Sessions

  2x CD
  1995