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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (/ ɡ ɪ ˈ l ɛ s p i / gil-ESP-ee; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. [2] He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge [3] but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz.
For Musicians Only is a 1958 jazz album by Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz and Sonny Stitt incorporating bebop influences. Recorded in Los Angeles, California on October 16, 1956, it has been described as the "real thing, no pretense". Bob Levey, son of drummer Stan Levey, told an interviewer how his father described the session:
Main menu. Main menu. move to sidebar hide. Navigation Main page; Contents; ... All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated "Birk's Works" - 6:26 ...
The AllMusic review stated: "A fairly standard date from Dizzy Gillespie's mid-'70s tenure at Pablo Records, Dizzy's Party is primarily a straightforward bop session, with the trumpeter backed by a simple sax/guitar/bass/drums quartet, plus Brazilian percussionist... Dizzy's Party is fine stuff that occasionally approaches excellence". [3]
To Be or Not to Bop: Memoirs of Dizzy Gillespie is a 1979 book written by jazz musician, composer and band leader Dizzy Gillespie. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The book was released in July 1979 by Doubleday . The University of Minnesota Press re-released the book in 2009.
The Alternate Blues is a 1980 album featuring the trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, and Freddie Hubbard, supported by a quartet led by Oscar Peterson. It was recorded at Group IV Studios, Los Angeles on March 10, 1980. [5] With one exception, the tracks were previously unissued recordings from The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson ...
The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3 stars stating "A strangely popular album for Dizzy Gillespie, Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac represents a period in his career where he was adapting to the times, keeping his goof factor on board, and individually playing as well as he ever had...
All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated "Oop-Pop-A-Da" (Babs Gonzales) – 10:15 "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 5:13 "Fried Banana" (Moe Koffman) – 4:40 "Elie's Dream" (Koffman) – 4:54 "No Siesta Ees Fiesta" (Koffman) – 4:32 "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Felix Paparelli) – 11:08 "Fun" (Bernie Senensky) – 6:03