Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra - Manteca
Genre: Jazz
Singer: Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra
Title: Manteca
Short-info: Label: Verve Records ‎– POCJ-2772
Series: Afro '99 – 1
Type: CD, Album, Mono, Reissue
Country: Japan
Date of released: 14 Jul 1999
Category: Jazz
Style: Afro-Cuban Jazz
MP3 album size .rar: 1519 mb
APE album size .rar: 1468 mb
Digital formats: MP3 FLAC TTA ASF MIDI VQF VOC MP3 TTA

Tracklist Hide Credits

1.1 Manteca Theme
Written-By – Gillespie*, Fuller*
1.2 Contraste
Written-By – O'Farrill*, Gillespie*
1.3 Jungla
Written-By – O'Farrill*, Gillespie*
1.4 Rhumba-Finale
Written-By – O'Farrill*, Gillespie*
2 A Night In Tunisia
Written-By – Gillespie*, Paparelli*
3 Con Alma
Written-By – Gillespie*
4 Caravan
Written-By – Ellington*, Mills*, Tizol*

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – Polydor K.K.
  • Distributed By – Universal Music K.K.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polygram Records, Inc.

Credits

  • Arranged By, Conductor – Chico O'Farrill (tracks: 1)
  • Bass – Robert Rodriguez*, Lewis Hackney* (tracks: 1)
  • Bongos – Joe Mangual*
  • Congas – Candido Camero*, Ramon Santanaria* (tracks: 1), Rafael Miranda (tracks: 2 to 4)
  • Drums – Charlie Persip (tracks: 1)
  • Flute – Gilberto Valdes* (tracks: 2, 3)
  • Piano – Alejandro Hernandez (tracks: 2 to 4), Ray Concepcion (tracks: 1), Wade Legge (tracks: 1)
  • Saxophone – Danny Bank (tracks: 1), George Dorsey (tracks: 1), Earl Mobley* (tracks: 1), Hilton Jefferson (tracks: 1)
  • Soloist, Saxophone – Lucky Thompson (tracks: 1)
  • Supervised By, Liner Notes – Norman Granz
  • Timbales – Ubaldo Nieto
  • Trombone – George Matthews (tracks: 1), J.J. Johnson (tracks: 1), Leon Comegys (tracks: 1)
  • Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie, Ernie Royal (tracks: 1), James Nottingham* (tracks: 1), Quincy Jones (tracks: 1)

Notes

Recorded at NYC, May 24, 1954 (Track 1)
Recorded at NYC, June 3, 1954 (Tracks 2 to 4)

Liner notes state that "Manteca" was originally composed by Chano Pozo and Dizzy Gillespie. Yet the credits on the LP's label mention Fuller-Gillespie as writers.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
MG N-1003 Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra Afro ‎(LP, Album, Mono) Norgran Records MG N-1003 US 1954
POJJ-1517 Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra Manteca ‎(LP, Album, RE) Verve Records POJJ-1517 Japan 1992
517 052-2, MG N-1003 Dizzy Gillespie Afro ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM) Verve Records, Norgran Records 517 052-2, MG N-1003 UK & Europe 2002
GLP 3543 Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra Afro ‎(LP, Album, Mono) Blue Star GLP 3543 France Unknown
MG V-8208 Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra Manteca ‎(LP, Album) Verve Records MG V-8208 US 1956


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