The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7

The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (also released as Dizzy) is a live album by Dizzy Gillespie recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1975 and released on the Pablo label.^[1]

The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7
Live album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1975
Recorded	July 16, 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:57
Label	Pablo 2310-749
Producer	Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (1975) The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975) The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (1975)
Dizzy LP Cover

Reception

The Allmusic review called the album " good but not great set... There are many moments that elicit grins of pleasure, but none that cause jaws to gape with astonishment".^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Track listing

1. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) - 16:43
2. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 16:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
3. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 12:13
4. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) - 11:01

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone
• Milt Jackson - vibraphone
• Tommy Flanagan - piano
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - bass
• Mickey Roker - drums