Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie album)
| Perceptions | ||||
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| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | May 18 and 22, 1961 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 33:19 | |||
| Label | Verve MG V-8411 | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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Perceptions a 1961 album by American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and was composed and arranged for trumpet soloist and large jazz orchestra by J. J. Johnson. The piece was commissioned by Dizzy Gillespie and recorded in 1961 for the Verve label. The instrumentation of the orchestra is unusual in that no saxophones or woodwinds are used.