Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993), born John Birks Gillespie in Cheraw, South Carolina, was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer. In the 1940s he and Charlie Parker shaped bebop, and from 1947 he brought Cuban rhythm into jazz with conga player Chano Pozo. He is also remembered for his trumpet with the bell bent upward at 45 degrees. Gillespie wrote A Night in Tunisia, Groovin' High and Salt Peanuts, and co-wrote Manteca and Tin Tin Deo with Pozo. His big bands from 1947 used arrangements by Tadd Dameron, Gil Fuller and George Russell.
1976 Japanese edition on Stateside/Spotlite's "Jazz Right Now" series of the 1970 compilation with recordings from 1946 featuring Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie. With insert and obi.
All 10 volumes released in 1989 on Black Saint / Mythic Sound's "Francis Paudras Legacy / Cecilia Powell's Heritage" series dedicated to Powell's recordings from 1944 to 1964 featuring Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Lee Konitz, Jay Jay Johnson, Art Blake…
Temporary Super Offer! When Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie went into the recording studio together on 28 February 1945, they had already served a shared apprenticeship in the big bands of Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine, had jammed informally explo…
Temporary Super Offer! This release can be seen, informed by the 100th anniversary of Charlie Parker’s birth, as an occasion for not only celebration, but reexamination and rediscovery, based upon the special qualities these particular performances p…