I Couldn't Beat the Rap

~ Recording by Dizzy Gillespie Quintet

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.5I Couldn't Beat the Rap2:59Dizzy Gillespie / Milt Jackson / Joe CarrollSchool DaysDizzy Gillespie · Milt Jackson · Joe CarrollAlbum
Regent Records (mid-20th century United States label)MG 6043, RMG-6043
1.5I Couldn't Beat the Rap2:59Dizzy Gillespie / Milt Jackson / Joe CarrollVolume 3 of the Dizzy Gillespie StoryDizzy GillespieAlbum
Realm (UK, CBS budget line), Realm JazzRM 125, RM-125
1.5I Couldn't Beat the Rap2:59Dizzy Gillespie / Milt Jackson / Joe CarrollSchool DaysDizzy Gillespie · Milt Jackson · Joe CarrollAlbum
Regent Records (mid-20th century United States label)KIJJ-2004, MG 6043
1.5I Couldn't Beat the Rap2:59Dizzy Gillespie / Milt Jackson / Joe CarrollSchool DaysDizzy Gillespie · Milt Jackson · Joe CarrollAlbum
Savoy Records (Jazz label created in the US 1942, now a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.), Regent Records (mid-20th century United States label)KIJJ-10, MG 6043
1.5I Couldn't Beat the Rap2:59Dizzy Gillespie / Milt Jackson / Joe CarrollSchool DaysDizzy Gillespie · Milt Jackson · Joe CarrollAlbum
Savoy JazzSV-0157
1.5I Couldn't Beat the Rap2:59Dizzy Gillespie / Milt Jackson / Joe CarrollSchool DaysDizzy Gillespie · Milt Jackson · Joe CarrollAlbum
Savoy JazzSV-0157
1.5I Couldn't Beat the Rap2:59Dizzy Gillespie / Milt Jackson / Joe CarrollSchool DaysDizzy Gillespie · Milt Jackson · Joe CarrollAlbum
Savoy Records (Jazz label created in the US 1942, now a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.), Regent Records (mid-20th century United States label)COJY-9144, MG 6043
1.5I Couldn't Beat the Rap2:59Dizzy Gillespie / Milt Jackson / Joe CarrollSchool DaysDizzy Gillespie · Milt Jackson · Joe CarrollAlbum
Savoy Jazz, DENON (Japanese imprint used worldwide)CY-18062, [none]
1.5I Couldn't Beat the Rap2:59Dizzy Gillespie / Milt Jackson / Joe CarrollSchool DaysDizzy GillespieAlbum
Jazz Heritage315835W
1.5I Couldn't Beat the Rap2:59Dizzy Gillespie / Milt Jackson / Joe CarrollSchool DaysDizzy Gillespie · Milt Jackson · Joe CarrollAlbum
Jazz Heritage515835L
1.5I Couldn't Beat the Rap2:58Dizzy Gillespie QuintetSchool DaysDizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson & Joe CarrollAlbum
Savoy JazzSVY17256
1.12I Couldn't Beat the Rap2:59Dizzy Gillespie QuintetThe Chronological Classics: Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra 1951-1952Dizzy Gillespie and His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)1286
1.5I Couldn't Beat the Rap2:59Dizzy Gillespie / Milt Jackson / Joe CarrollSchool DaysDizzy GillespieAlbum
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Doxy Records (Bootlegs)
1.5I Couldn't Beat the Rap2:59Dizzy Gillespie / Milt Jackson / Joe CarrollSchool DaysDizzy Gillespie / Milt Jackson / Joe CarrollAlbum

Relationships

recorded in:New York, New York, United States (on 1951-08-16)
executive producer:Steve Backer
baritone saxophone and saxophone:Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-08-16)
bass and double bass:Percy Heath (on 1951-08-16)
drums (drum set):Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1951-08-16)
piano and vibraphone and vibraphone:Milt Jackson (on 1951-08-16)
trumpet:Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-08-16)
vocals:Joe Carroll (jazz singer) (on 1951-08-16)
Melvin Moore (Trumpet, Violin, Voice) (on 1951-08-16)