Perceptions
by Dizzy Gillespie
- Type: Album
- Released: 1961-01-01
- Label: His Master's Voice, Verve
- Country: United States
- Length: 34:18
- Community rating: 3.61/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Composed and arranged entirely by J.J. Johnson, 'Perceptions' is a monument of the Third Stream movement, blending jazz improvisation with complex orchestral frameworks. Dizzy Gillespie acts as the featured soloist, navigating the sophisticated, multi-layered brass and harp arrangements with profound restraint and technical brilliance.
Genres
Descriptors: Orchestral, Atmospheric, Acoustic, Technical, Improvisation, orchestral, symphonic, majestic, long-form, melodic
Tracklist
- The Sword Of Orion (4:33)
- Jubelo (6:37)
- Blue Mist (6:52)
- Fantasia (7:35)
- Horn Of Plenty (5:09)
- Ballade (3:30)
Credits
- Dizzy Gillespie - primary artist, trumpet
- George Duvivier - bass
- Paul Faulise - bass trombone
- Richard Hixson - bass trombone
- Gunther Schuller - conductor
- Charlie Persip - drums
- Rudy Van Gelder - engineer [recording]
- Jim Buffington - french horn
- John Barrows - french horn
- Paul Ingraham - french horn
- Robert Northern - french horn
- Gloria Agostini - harp
- Laura Newell - harp
- Michael Colgrass - percussion
- Creed Taylor - producer
- Jimmy Knepper - trombone
- Urbie Green - trombone
- Bernie Glow - trumpet
- Doc Severinsen - trumpet
- Ernie Royal - trumpet
- Joe Wilder - trumpet
- Nick Travis - trumpet
- Robert Nagel - trumpet
- Bill Stanley - tuba
- Harvey Phillips - tuba
- J.J. Johnson - written-by, arranged by