The New Continent

by Dizzy Gillespie and the Big Band

Type: Album
Released: October 1965
Label: Limelight
Country: United States
Length: 40:04
Community rating: 3.54/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Al Porcino, Charlie Kennedy, Bill Perkins, Conte Candoli, Bill Hood, Dizzy Gillespie and the Big Band, Frank Rosolino, Lalo Schifrin, Kenny Shroyer, Mel Lewis, Benny Carter, Quincy Jones, Luis Kant, Emil Richards, Francisco Aguabella, James Moody, Mike Barone, Ray Triscari, Lucky Thompson, Al Hendrickson, Rudy Collins, Phil Woods, Buddy Clark, Larry Bunker, Stu Williamson, Bob Edmondson, Stewart Rensey, Chris White, Red Callender

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Composed and arranged by Lalo Schifrin, this sprawling, six-part suite was designed specifically to showcase the trumpeter's unparalleled mastery of Afro-Cuban rhythms. 'The New Continent' surrounds Gillespie's piercing, virtuosic solos with massive, highly cinematic brass and percussion charts that blend deep jazz history with progressive modernism. The conceptual big band recording stands as a monumental artistic achievement.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, mythology, conceptual, polyphonic

Tracklist

Credits

Dizzy Gillespie Big Band - primary artist
Buddy Clark - bass
Chris White - bass
Benny Carter - conductor
Mel Lewis - drums
Rudy Collins - drums
Lucky Thompson - french horn
Luis Kant - french horn
Quincy Jones - producer