Something Old, Something New (album)

Something Old, Something New is a studio album by Dizzy Gillespie, recorded and released in 1963.

Something Old, Something New
Studio album by
Released1963
RecordedApril 23–25, 1963, A&R Studios, New York City (New York)
GenreJazz
Length40:50
44:12 (CD reissue)
LabelPhilips
ProducerHal Mooney
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
The New Continent
(1962)
Something Old, Something New
(1963)
Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris
(1963)

Reception

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The AllMusic review states "this was one of Dizzy Gillespie's finest sessions of the 1960s".[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
Down Beat
Original Lp Issue
     [2]
New Record Mirror     [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [5]

Track listing

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  1. "Bebop" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 6:17
  2. "Good Bait" (Count Basie, Tadd Dameron) – 3:03
  3. Medley: "I Can't Get Started"/"'Round Midnight" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)/(Thelonious Monk, Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams) – 6:23
  4. "Dizzy Atmosphere" (Gillespie) – 6:12
  5. "November Afternoon" (Tom McIntosh) – 4:19
  6. "This Lovely Feeling" (Margo Guryan, Arif Mardin) – 4:19
  7. "The Day After" (McIntosh) – 4:33
  8. "Cup Bearers" (McIntosh) – 6:11
  9. "Early Mornin' Blues" (Gillespie) – 2:55 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Yanow, Scott "Review". Allmusic. Accessed October 28, 2013.
  2. ^ Down Beat: August 15, 1963 vol. 30, no. 23
  3. ^ Griffiths, David (5 October 1963). "Dizzy Gillspie: Something Old Something New" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 134. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 83. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 554. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.