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 V6-8411 | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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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.