The New Continent

The New Continent
Studio album by
Released1962
RecordedSeptember 1962
StudioUnited Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length76:39
LabelLimelight LS/LM 86022
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
New Wave!
(1962)
The New Continent
(1962)
Something Old, Something New
(1963)
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The New Continent is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band featuring performances arranged and composed by Lalo Schifrin and conducted by Benny Carter. It was produced by Quincy Jones in 1962 and released on the Limelight label. The CD reissue added four bonus tracks originally released on An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (Verve, 1961).