Bahiana

Bahiana is an album by Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1975 and released on the Pablo label.

Reception
Stewart Mason, in his review for AllMusic, called the album "one of Dizzy Gillespie's finest albums of the decade", commending the "richly expansive tunes [...] built on pure carnival rhythms". Alun Morgan of Jazz Journal highlighted a "subtle interplay" between the jazzmen and Paulinho Da Costa. The journalist praised both the group as a whole, for their "control and sensitivity", and Dizzy Gillespie specifically, for his "exemplary" trumpet control.

Track listing
All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated
 * 1) "Carnival" - 8:02
 * 2) "Samba" (Mike Longo) - 9:41
 * 3) "Barcelona" (Al Gafa) - 12:24
 * 4) "In the Land of the Living Dead" (Gafa) - 10:34
 * 5) "Behind the Moonbeam" (Gafa) - 7:35
 * 6) "The Truth" (Longo) - 8:27
 * 7) "Pele" (Gafa) - 7:15
 * 8) "Olinga" - 20:00

Personnel

 * Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
 * Roger Glenn - flute, bass flute, vibraphone
 * Al Gafa, Michael Howell - guitar
 * Earl May - bass
 * Mickey Roker - drums
 * Paulinho Da Costa - percussion