The Melody Lingers On (Dizzy Gillespie album)

The Melody Lingers On is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1966 and released on the Limelight label.^[2]

The Melody Lingers On
Studio album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1967
Recorded	October 1966
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:00
Label	Limelight LM 82042 / LS 86042
Producer	Hal Mooney
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (1965) The Melody Lingers On (1967) Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (1967)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Winchester Cathedral" (Geoff Stephens) - 2:21
2. "Cherry, Cherry" (Neil Diamond) - 3:46
3. "Summer Samba (Samba de Verão)" (Norman Gimbel, Marcos Valle) - 3:24
4. "Cherish" (Terry Kirkman) - 2:41
5. "Bang! Bang!" (Joe Cuba, Jimmy Sabater) - 3:04
6. "Mas que Nada" (Jorge Ben) - 4:58
7. "Tequila" (Chuck Rio) - 3:15
8. "The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On)" (Irving Berlin) - 2:27
9. "Portuguese Washerwoman (Les Lavandieres du Portugal)" (André Popp, Roger Antoine Lucchesi) - 2:47
10. "Winter Samba" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 3:11
11. "Get That Money Blues" (Jimmy Owens) - 7:06

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
• James Moody - tenor saxophone, flute
• Billy Butler - guitar
• Kenny Barron - piano
• Frank Schifano - bass, vocals
• Otis "Candy" Finch, Jr. - drums
• Candido Camero - congas
• Panama Francis - percussion