US 2016 mono limited edition reissue of MG-12047 by the "Savoy Records" label.
This was an RSD 2016 exclusive release, limited to 2000 copies, and is long sold out!
The Champ cemented Gillespie’s position as the affable crown prince of bebop and features guests Milt Jackson & Percy Heath (who went on to later form the Modern Jazz Quartet), Stuff Smith, Bill Graham and some of the earliest sessions by John Coltrane.
