Dizzy Gillespie

The Champ

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Event: RECORD STORE DAY 2016
Release Date: 4/16/2016
Format: LP
Label: SAVOY
Quantity: 2000
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release

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Savoy’s Record Store Day reissue of Dizzy Gillespie's ground breaking bebop album. The Champ cemented Gillespie’s position as the affable crown prince of bebop and features guests Milt Jackson & Percy Heath (who went on to later form the Modern Jazz Quartet), Stuff Smith, Bill Graham and some of the earliest sessions by John Coltrane.