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• BILLIE, IN BETTER LIGHT

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  I’m glad that a number of my readers found the nearly-prurient Carl Van Vechten photographs of Billie Holiday equally disturbing.  I needed to put something in their place.  Earl Hines told Whitney Balliett in a New Yorker Profile, “Sunshine always opens out,” his way of saying that good fortune eventually ...
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• Modern Jazz 101: The Bebop Era

  
  J.B. Spins — Authority: 131
  Ever gone to a record store or jazz club and been intimidated (perhaps deliberately so) by the names and buzz words bandied about? What follows is the first of an irregular series adapted from my SCPS courses to help familiarize new listeners (particularly those making their way here from The Epoch Times ) with the ...
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• Dizzy and Tony Scott trading scat phrasing while my man Ed...

  
  Leftover Takeout — Authority: 480
  Dizzy and Tony Scott trading scat phrasing while my man Ed Cherry holds down the fort on guitar.  Talk about mouth control, goodness, these cats are bad even when they’re just having fun.  Good to see a bunch of Ed’s classic vids pop up on YouTube ( peep this killer solo with Roy Hargrove’s Cuban group ).
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• Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band - Dizzys Business (2006)

  
  Las Cintas Recuperadas — Authority: 131
  01.Dizzys Business 02.Con Alma 03.Blue N Boogie 04.I Mean You 05.Without You - No Me (To Dizzy) 06.Hot House 07.Stardust 08.Tour de Force 09.Moodys Groove 10.Morning of the Carnival 11.Off Minor Monk. Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band under the direction of Slide Hampton with special guest Roy Hargrove (3,6) ...
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• Latin Jazz: A Legitimate American Music

  
  The Latin Jazz Corner — Authority: 124
  Today’s LJC entry comes from well-known West Coast percussionist and band leader Bobby Matos. His work with the Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble has repeatedly displayed his deep knowledge of the genre’s inner workings – for proof, check out their latest release Unity . Now, Matos takes us into his expertise and ...
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• More Thoughts On the Relation Between Islam, Blackamericans, and Bebop

  
  The Manrilla Blog | Exploring Islam In America Through the Social Sciences — Authority: 119
  The following is s short excerpt from The African Diaspora: A Musical Perspective, by Ingrid Tolia Monson. Monson’s book provides some further insight on the nature of the relation and attraction that Islam held for Blackamerican jazz musicians as well as Blackamericans as whole who embraced Islam.Art Blakey’s ...
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• To Be Or Not To Bop

  
  The Manrilla Blog | Exploring Islam In America Through the Social Sciences — Authority: 119
  An excerpt from To Be or Not to Bop, Beboppers… The Cult [pp. 291-3] Number seven: that “beboppers” expressed a preference for religions other than Christianity may be considered only a half-truth, because most black musicians, including those from the bebop era, received their initial exposure and influence in ...
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• Latin Music USA Coming To BBC FOUR!

  
  Mojo4Music — Authority: 477
  The new four-part series will kick off in January!
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• Masters of American Music DVD Series Launched on October 27

  
  Naxos Blog — Authority: 120
  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 ...
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• SALT PENAUTS - DIZZY GILLESPIE

  
  JAZZ REVIEW — Authority: 120
  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".
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• GROOVY MAN - DIZZY GILLESPIE

  
  JAZZ REVIEW — Authority: 120
  Archive footage of Dizzy in 1947 with his big band. Great stuff! Ck out my other videos.
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• THINGS TO COME - DIZZY GILLESPIE

  
  JAZZ REVIEW — Authority: 120
  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 ...
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