Dizzy Gillespie
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Latin Music USA Coming To BBC FOUR!
Mojo4Music —
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The new four-part series will kick off in January!5 days ago -
Masters of American Music DVD Series Launched on October 27
Naxos Blog —
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OCTOBER 27 RELEASES PROFILE JAZZ IMMORTALS CHARLIE PARKER, BILLIE HOLIDAY, THELONIOUS MONK, AND “THE STORY OF JAZZ” The award-winning Masters of American Music series was the first historical documentary series produced about Jazz – not only America’s, but also the worlds, greatest art form of the ...6 days ago -
SALT PENAUTS - DIZZY GILLESPIE
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Dizzy played for Lucky Millinders band in the early 40s. It was a riff this band played, after a Dizzy solo in the tune "Little John Special", that Dizzy developed into his tune "Salt Peanuts".1 week ago -
GROOVY MAN - DIZZY GILLESPIE
JAZZ REVIEW —
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Archive footage of Dizzy in 1947 with his big band. Great stuff! Ck out my other videos.1 week ago -
THINGS TO COME - DIZZY GILLESPIE
JAZZ REVIEW —
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Here in 1968 we see Dizzy leading his big band and playing a magnificent trumpet solo. There are also solos by pianist Mike Longo and tenor saxophonist Paul Jeffrey. Dizzy, his band and the arrangements certainly make this into a totally original and fresh sound. "Dizzy" Gillespie (1917 -- 1993) He was an ...1 week ago -
1959: JACK, BOBBY, GENE, KENNY
Jazz Lives —
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I don’t quite know how “Wolfgang’s Vault” tapped into the great store of recordings made — presumably for the Voice of America — for the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival, but the second neatly-wrapped present has arrived. What interests me are two sets: one featuring the master, Jack Teagarden, with his ...1 week ago -
27 Live Recordings From The 1959 Newport Jazz Festival
Graham English Official Site —
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Here’s a few of the musicians you can listen to: Count Basie & His Orchestra , Dizzy Gillespie , The Modern Jazz Quartet , Oscar Peterson Trio and Thelonious Monk . Registration is required but it’s oh so worth it. The New York Times has the backstory of how these recordings ended up at Wolfgang’s ...1 week ago -
Live Recordings from the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival
MetaFilter —
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27 live recordings from the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival can be streamed for free at Wolfgangs Vault. Heres a few of the musicians you can listen to: Count Basie & His Orchestra , Dizzy Gillespie , The Modern Jazz Quartet , Oscar Peterson Trio and Thelonious Monk . Registration is required but its oh so worth ...1 week ago -
JAZZ TREASURES IN CYBERSPACE
Jazz Lives —
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I spend more than enough time in front of the computer (my neck can testify to this) but I’ve recently encountered two websites that might prove promising for jazz fanciers. One, Wolfgang’s Vault, initially awakened all my snobbery: lips that touch Black Sabbath will never touch mine. And I’m not terribly ...2 weeks ago -
JAZZ MERITOCRACY. GONE?
Jazz Lives —
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No, it’s not a Jimmie Lunceford original. But I just read a newspaper profile by Rachel Swan devoted to the drummer Donald Bailey (whose work I know from recordings he made with Jimmie Rowles) where he spoke about being a young player in Philadelphia. These words leaped out at me (italics mine): Bailey ...2 weeks ago -
Weekly Latin Jazz Video Fix: Salsa Meets Jazz At The Village Gate
The Latin Jazz Corner —
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In response to last week’s article Does The Blurry Line Between Salsa and Latin Jazz Matter? , NPR’s A Blog Supreme cited promoter Art D’Lugoff’s famous concert series at The Village Gate, Salsa Meets Jazz, as an example of the blurry line. The Village Gate’s well-known event does serve as a fantastic ...2 weeks ago
