Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie

Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Gil Fuller featuring trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1965 and originally released on the Pacific Jazz label.^[1] The album was rereleased on CD combined with Fuller's Night Flight (Pacific Jazz, 1965) on the Blue Note label as Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie & James Moody in 2008.^[2]

Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie
Studio album by Gil Fuller and Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1965
Recorded	October 1965 Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:12
Label	Pacific Jazz PJ 93
Producer	Richard Bock
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Jambo Caribe (1964) Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (1965) The Melody Lingers On (1966)

Reception

The Allmusic review called the album "A bit of a disappointment... the big band is mostly heard from in a purely accompanying role behind the great trumpeter and little interplay occurs".^[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Gil Fuller except as indicated

1. "Man from Monterey" (Phil Moore) - 4:00
2. "Angel City" - 8:20
3. "Love Theme from the Sandpiper" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:48
4. "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 3:27
5. "Be's That Way" - 4:39
6. "Big Sur" - 4:37
7. "Moontide" - 3:56
8. "Things Are Here" (Gillespie) - 4:19

Personnel

• Gil Fuller - arranger, conductor
• Dizzy Gillespie, John Audino, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Freddie Hill, Melvin Moore - trumpet
• Gabe Baltazar, Buddy Collette - alto saxophone
• Bill Green, Carrington Visor - tenor saxophone
• Jack Nimitz - baritone saxophone
• Sam Cassano, David Duke, Herman Lebow, Alan Robinson - French horn
• Jim Amlotte, Bob Fitzpatrick, Lester Robinson - trombone
• Dennis Budimir - guitar
• Phil Moore - piano
• Jimmy Bond - bass
• Earl Palmer - drums