The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (Verve, 1959): Vinyl LP Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs for the first time on

for the first time on limited Clear Vinyl

and their eventual self-reinvention as providers of multimedia extravaganzas

Please Don't Make Me Cry

Are You Dead Yet

The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (Verve, 1959): Vinyl LP Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs for the first time onThe band Dizzy Gillespie assembled for this date Junior Mance, Les Spann, Sam Jones, and Lex Humphries was for the most part a working band on the club & concert circuit, offering a mixture of Gillespies entertaining songs, established repertoire, & some Latin & African influenced pieces. With them, Dizzy found a middle ground in his music that gave his legacy room to breathe, but with much more rhythmic variety. The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie Side A 1.