“I always like the bop, and I am proud to say that the fabulous, flamboyant John Birks Gillespie worked in our band once, for four weeks. Diz played with us at the Capitol Theatre in 1944, when we had the gorgeous Lena Horne on the bill. Of course, I’d known him for quite a while before that, because I was an avid visitor on Fifty-second Street.”
– Duke Ellington, Music Is My Mistress
Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival. (Photo by Jim Marshall)
Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie at Disneyland, 1984. Autographed in 1985. (Photo by Steve Bowie.)
The recordings heard on this podcast episode:
Happy Birthday To You (CD: “Happy Birthday, Duke! The Birthday Sessions, Volume 3” Laser Light 15 785)
Recorded 30 April !953, Portland, Oregon
Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Ray Nance – trumpet; Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson, Juan Tizol – trombone ; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Rick Henderson, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Wendell Marshall – bass; Butch Ballard – drums.
Caravan (CD: “Dee Gee Days The Savoy Sessions” Savoy ZD70517)
Recorded 25 October 1951 in New York City
Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet; Stuff Smith – violin; Bill Graham – baritone sax; Milt Jackson – piano; Percy Heath – bass; Al Jones – drums; unknown – percussion.
U.M.M.G./Hello, Little Girl (CD: “Jazz Party” Columbia CK-40712)
Recorded 19 February 1959 in New York City
Cat Anderson, Harold Baker, Clark Terry, Ray Nance – trumpet; Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson, John Sanders – trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Jimmy Woode – bass; Sam Woodyard – drums, Jimmy Rushing – vocal.
Caravan (CD: “Thelonious Monk plays Duke Ellington” Universal
0546796)
Recorded 21 July 1955, Hackensack, New Jersey
Thelonious Monk – piano; Oscar Pettiford -bass; Kenny Clarke – drums.
Sentimental Lady (CD: “The Blanton-Webster Band” Bluebird RCA 5659-2-RB35)
Recorded 28 July 1942 in Chicago
Wallace Jones, Rex Stewart, Ray Nance – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol – trombone; Chauncy Haughton, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwicke, Ben Webster, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Fred Guy – guitar; Junior Raglin – bass; Sonny Greer – drums.
I Didn’t Know About You (CD: “Straight, No Chaser” Columbia/Legacy CK 64886)
Recorded 1966 in New York City
Charlie Rouse – tenor sax; Thelonious Monk – piano; Larry Gales – bass; Ben Riley – drums.
Monk’s Dream (CD: “The Private Collection, Volume 3” Saja 91043-2)
Recorded 13 September 1962 in New York City
Cootie Williams, Bill Berry, Roy Burrowes, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Chuck Connors – trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney – reeds; Duke Ellington – piano; Aaron Bell – bass; Sam Woodyard – drums.
Monk’s Dream/Frere Monk (LP: Gambit Records Ga 69299)
Recorded 8 July 1962, Newport, Rhode Island
Bill Berry, Roy Burrowes, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance – trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Chuck Connors – trombone; Jimmy Hamilton, Gene Hull, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney – reeds; Thelonious Monk – piano; Aaron Bell – bass; Sam Woodyard – drums.
It’s Something You Ought To Know (Paul Gonsalves – “Ellingtonia Moods and Blues,” RCA Victor / RCA63562)
Recorded 29 February 1960, New York City
Paul Gonsalves- tenor sax; Johnny Hodges – alto sax; Ray Nance – cornet; Mitchell “Booty” Wood – trombone; Jimmy Jones – piano; Al Hall – bass; Oliver Jackson – drums.