In December 1965, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie”, album by Gil Fuller featuring Dizzy Gillespie (second Gil Fuller album overall). It was recorded in October 1965, at “Pacific Jazz Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.
Personnel:
- Gil Fuller – conductor, arrangements
- Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
- Gabe Baltazar, Buddy Collette – alto saxophone
- Bill Green, Carrington Visor – tenor saxophone
- Jack Nimitz – baritone saxophone
- John Audino, Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison, Freddie Hill, Melvin Moore – trumpet
- 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
- Richard Bock – recording
- Ron McMaster – mastering
- Achille Perilli – painting
- Arthur Adams – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Gil Fuller except where notes.
- Man from Monterey – Phil Moore
- Angel City
- Love Theme from the Sandpiper – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
- Groovin’ High – Dizzy Gillespie
- Be’s That Way
- Big Sur
- Moontide
- Things Are Here – Dizzy Gillespie
