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.

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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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