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Title information

Cocktails For Two

Dizzy Gillespie

Jazz For Dining

Date of recording

25.3.1952, Paris

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Performers

Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet)

21.10.1917Cheraw, South Carolina (SC), United States

† 6.1.1993Englewood, New Jersey (NJ), United States

Don Byas (tenor sax)

21.10.1912Muskogee, Oklahoma (OK), United States

† 24.8.1972Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Art Simmons (piano)

5.2.1926Glenn White, West Virginia (WV), United States

† 23.4.2018Beckley, West Virginia (WV), United States

Joseph Rupert "Joe" Benjamin (Double Bass)

4.11.1919Atlantic City, New Jersey (NJ), United States

† 26.1.1974Livingston, New Jersey (NJ), United States

Bill Clark (drums)

31.7.1925Jonesboro, Arkansas (AR), United States

† 30.7.1986Atlanta, Georgia (GA), United States

Authors

Arthur Johnston (Composer)

10.1.1898New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 1.5.1954Corona del Mar, California, United States

Sam Coslow (Text author)

27.12.1902New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 2.4.1982New York City, New York (NY), United States

Album information

Jazz For Dining

Dizzy Gillespie

Jazz For Dining

Year of production

2006

Record Label

Verve, Gitanes Jazz Productions

Tracks

  • 1. Samba With Some Barbecue
  • 2. Easy Living
  • 3. The Way You Look Tonight
  • 4. Makin' Whoopee
  • 5. This Year's Kisses
  • 6. Cocktails For Two
  • 7. Puttin' On The Ritz
  • 8. Exactly Like You
  • 9. Gentleman Friend
  • 10. Watch What Happens
  • 11. Peel Me Grape
  • 12. Are You In The Mood?
  • 13. Penthouse Serenade
  • 14. Tea For Two
  • 15. Night Song
  • 16. Black Coffee
  • 17. Soirée
  • 18. The Good Life