Dizzy Gillespie
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Our house was always filled with visiting musicians. Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Nathan Davis, Kenny Clarke, Milt Jackson, they used to be at our house all the time.
Monk created a good amount of the (bebop) language that everybody on that scene — Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie — went on to develop
The concert includes legendary jazz tunes by Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and othersMore quotes »
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Zakk Wylde, others celebrate Les Paul’s birthday
to be announced soon. June 3: Lee Ritenour, who's recorded and performed with everyone from Pink Floyd and B.B. King to Dizzy Gillespie and Ray Charles, is recognized as one of the most diverse guitarists in music. The Grammy-winner spent 33 weeks atop the from The Loop Read more »
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A Taste of Tito Puente
became a bandleader in 1949, the basic foundation of modern Afro-Cuban jazz had already been laid by such pioneers as Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and Machito. Puente's contribution was to redesign the mambo for the nuclear age. As a master of all forms of from Wall Street Journal Read more »
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Sandoval spicy ArtsNaples' fest closer
cut glass. But surprisingly, some of his most winning moments came at his quietest, when he was singing his sweet tribute to Dizzy Gillespie, “Every Day I Think of You.” Sandoval and his skin-tight band were half a double bill that closed this year’s ArtsNaples from Naples Daily News Read more »
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Barry Harris Trio
Harris has, for the the past several decades, been an exponent of the classic Jazz style that was developed by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk and Coleman Hawkins. Harris has performed and recorded with Cannonball Adderly, Coleman from LongIsland.com Read more »
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Rebecca Parris to perform
has performed all over the world with her own groups, as well as with some of jazz's greatest legends, including Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Rich and Woody Herman. Hatfield is a talented keyboardist, pianist, arranger, and Emmy Award-winning composer based in Boston. from Nashoba Publishing Online Read more »
