Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie album)

Perceptions
Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedMay 18 and 22, 1961
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length33:19
LabelVerve
V6-8411
ProducerCreed Taylor
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Carnegie Hall Concert
(1961)
Perceptions
(1961)
Dizzy on the French Riviera
(1962)

Perceptions is a composition for trumpet soloist and large jazz orchestra composed and arranged 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.