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Afro (album)

Afro
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Studio album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released 1954
Recorded May 24 and June 3, 1954
New York City
Genre Afro-Cuban jazz, bebop
Length 33:05
Label Norgran
MGN 1003
Producer Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Diz and Getz
(1953)
Afro
(1954)
Dizzy and Strings
(1954)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars

Afro is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1954 and originally released on the Norgran label.

The Allmusic review states "Pairing Dizzy Gillespie with Cuban arranger/composer Chico O'Farrill produced a stunning session which originally made up the first half of a Norgran LP... A later small-group session features the trumpeter with an all-Latin rhythm section and flutist Gilberto Valdes... it is well worth acquiring".


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