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This article is about the 1958 album. For the 1951 title track, see Birks' Works (composition).
Birks' Works
Studio album by
Dizzy Gillespie
Released1958
RecordedApril 7 & 8, 1957
plus May 18 & 19, June 6, 1956, and July 8, 1957 (reissue compilation)
StudioNYC
GenreJazz
Length39:37
LabelVerve
MGV 8222
314 527 900-2 (Reissue Compilation)
ProducerNorman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith
(1957) 		Birks' Works
(1958) 		Sittin' In
(1958)
CD Compilation Reissue Cover

Birks' Works is a 1958 album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label.[1]

Release history

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The original album featured 10 tracks and was reissued as Birks Works: The Verve Big Band Sessions, a 2 CD compilation featuring unreleased tracks, alternate takes and tracks from Gillespie's previous 1956 albums Dizzy in Greece and World Statesman.

Reception

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected the reissue compilation as part of its suggested Core Collection.[2] The AllMusic review awarded the album 5 stars calling it "Essential music".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

Original LP Release

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Side one

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  1. "Jordu" (Duke Jordan) – 4:13
  2. "Birks' Works" – 4:56
  3. "Umbrella Man" (Vincent Rose, Larry Stock, James Cavanaugh) – 3:02
  4. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) – 3:11
  5. "Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Mercer) – 3:43

Side two

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  1. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 4:37
  2. "Yo No Quiero Bailar" (Joe Willoughby) – 4:42
  3. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 3:30
  4. "Left Hand Corner" (Ernie Wilkins) – 2:26
  5. "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson, Leonard Feather) – 5:17

CD Compilation Reissue

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Disc one

  1. "Dizzy's Business" (Wilkins) – 3:37 Originally released on World Statesman
  2. "Hey Pete! Let's Eat More Meat" (Gillespie, Buster Harding, Lester Peterson) – 5:39 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
  3. "Jessica's Day" (Quincy Jones) – 4:50 Originally released on World Statesman
  4. "Tour de Force" – 5:04 Originally released on World Statesman
  5. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 2:55 Originally released on World Statesman
  6. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 4:07 Originally released on World Statesman
  7. "Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) – 3:56 Originally released on World Statesman
  8. "A Night in Tunisia" – 5:34 Originally released on World Statesman
  9. "The Champ" – 4:42 Originally released on World Statesman
  10. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 3:46 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
  11. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Gillespie, Chano Pozo) – 4:17 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
  12. "Groovin' for Nat" (Wilkins) – 3:21 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
  13. "My Reverie" (Larry Clinton, Claude Debussy) – 2:52 Originally released on World Statesman
  14. "Dizzy's Blues" (Ahmad Khatab Salim) – 2:32 Originally released on World Statesman
  15. "Annie's Dance" (Melba Liston) – 4:05 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
  16. "Cool Breeze" (Dameron, Billy Eckstine, Gillespie) – 4:55 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
  17. "School Days" (Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards) – 4:23 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
  18. "Jordu" (Jordan) – 4:13
  19. "Yo No Quiero Bailar" (Willoughby) – 4:42

Disc two

  1. "Birks' Works" – 4:56
  2. "Autumn Leaves" (Kosma, Mercer, Prevert) – 3:11
  3. "Tangerine" (Mercer, Schertzinger) – 3:43
  4. "Over the Rainbow" (Arlen, Harburg) – 4:37
  5. "Umbrella Man" (Cavanaugh, Rose, Stock) – 3:02
  6. "If You Could See Me Now" (Dameron, Sigman) – 3:30
  7. "Left Hand Corner" [alternate take] (Wilkins) – 0:13 Previously unreleased
  8. "Left Hand Corner" [alternate take] (Wilkins) – 2:26 Previously unreleased
  9. "Left Hand Corner" [alternate take] (Wilkins) – 2:16 Previously unreleased
  10. "Left Hand Corner" [alternate take] (Wilkins) – 0:10 Previously unreleased
  11. "Left Hand Corner" [master take] (Wilkins) – 2:22
  12. "Whisper Not" [alternate take] (Golson, Feather) – 5:52 Previously unreleased
  13. "Whisper Not [alternate take] (Golson, Feather) – 5:08 Previously unreleased
  14. "Whisper Not [master take] (Golson, Feather) – 5:17
  15. "Stablemates" (Golson) – 4:12 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
  16. "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) – 3:13 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
  17. "Groovin' High" [master take] – 3:53 Originally released on Dizzy in Greece
  18. "Mayflower Rock" [alternate take] (Lee Brown) – 3:17 Previously unreleased
  19. "Mayflower Rock" [master take] (Brown) – 3:14 Originally released as 45rpm single B-side
  20. "Joogie Boogie" – 4:14 Originally released as 45rpm single
  21. "I Remember Clifford" (Golson) – 4:15
  22. "You'll Be Sorry" – 2:17 Previously unreleased
  23. "Wonder Why" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 3:51 Previously unreleased

Personnel

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On original LP and CD Compilation Reissue Disc One, tracks 18 and 19 and Disc Two, tracks 1–21

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On CD Compilation Reissue Disc One, tracks 1–17

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  • Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals
  • Joe Gordon, Quincy Jones, Ermit V. Perry, Carl Warwick – trumpet
  • Rod Levitt, Melba Liston, Frank Rehak – trombone
  • Jimmy Powell, Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • Billy Mitchell, Ernie Wilkins – tenor saxophone
  • Marty Flax – baritone saxophone
  • Walter Davis Jr. – piano
  • Nelson Boyd – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Recorded in New York City on May 18 & 19 and June 6, 1956

On CD Compilation Reissue Disc Two, tracks 22 and 23

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  • Dizzy Gillespie, Talib Daawud, Lee Morgan, Ermit V. Perry, Carl Warwick – trumpet
  • Al Grey, Melba Liston – trombone
  • Ernie Henry, Jimmy Powell – alto saxophone
  • Billy Mitchell, Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
  • Pee Wee Moore – baritone saxophone
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul West – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Recorded in New York City on July 8, 1957

References

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  1. ^ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 26, 2012
  2. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. "Dizzy Gillespie". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 554. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed March 26, 2012