Discovery 142, 78 RPM.
Dizzy Gillespie with Johnny Richards and his Orchestra performing Lullaby of the Leaves / On the Alamo.
Record is in EXCELLENT E/E- condition, plays beautifully. Labels are good, radio station sticker and tape on one label, tear on the other.
This record was found in an old radio station record library in eastern Massachusetts.
1950 issue; recorded in Los Angeles, October 31 and November 1, 1950.
Personnel:
Dizzy Gillespie (tp,vcl) Henry Coker, Dick Kenney, Harold Smith (tb) Shirley Thompson (bassoon) Henry Hill, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, Jack Shulman, Harry Bluestone, Walter Edelstein, Victor Arno, John Quadri, Sidney Brokow (vln) Cy Bernard, Eleanor Slatkin (cello) Phil Shuken (fl) Haskell Issenuth (b-fl)Harry Steinfeld (oboe) John Graas (fhr) Barbara Whitney (harp) Paul Smith (p) Jack Cascales (b) Charlie Wright (d) Carlos Vidal Bolado (bgo) [ Vidal Bolado (bgo) ] Johnny Richards (arr)
Terrific and Scarce Dizzy Gillespie 78 in EXCELLENT E/E- Condition.
