AMG Review of Dizzy Gillespie Story

Steve Leggett
All Music Guide

Originally released as an LP on Savoy Records in 1950, this set features eight tracks of famed trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie sitting in with Johnny Richards' orchestra at a session that was recorded for the West Coast label Discovery Records (and released under the title Dizzy Gillespie Plays, Johnny Richards Conducts) and four tracks cut with the so-called BeBop Boys from a session held in 1946. Savoy combined the tracks for its 1950 LP release titled The Dizzy Gillespie Story).