Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie’s ‘The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie’ is an album recorded on February 17, 18 & 20, 1959 and released the same year by Verve. Track Listing : 1.Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Dizzy Gillespie) – 07:06 . 2.Always (Irving Berlin) – 05:34 . 3.Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronell) – 07:20 . 4.Ungawa (Gillespie, Oswaldo Nuñez) […]

Michel Petrucciani, Anthony Jackson & Steve Gadd, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith, Wayne Shorter Quartet, Ramsey Lewis, Milt Jackson, Benny Golson, Art Farmer & Nhøp, Lalo Schifrin, The Bad Plus, Stan Kenton, Count Basie. They are the “Jazz Legends” selected among the 219 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited […]

‘An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet’ is a live album recorded on February 9, 1961 at Museum of Modern Art in New York City and released the same year by Verve. Track Listing : 1.Kush (Dizzy Gillespie) – 11:01 . 2.Salt Peanuts (Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie) – 07:08 . 3.A Night In Tunisia […]

Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!’ is a studio album recorded on January 23, 1961 &June 22-23, 1961 with a jazz quartet led by Lou Levy and released the same year By Verve. Track Listing : 1.A Night In Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 04:06 . 2.You’Re My Thrill (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney) […]

Modern Jazz Quartet’s ‘Fontessa’ is an album recorded from January 22 till February 14, 1956 and released the same year by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Versailles (John Lewis) – 03:22 . 2.Angel Eyes (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 03:48 . 3.Fontessa (John Lewis) – 11:12 . 4.Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) – 03:50 […]

‘Art Pepper meets The Rhythm Section’ is an album recorded on January 19, 1957 with Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones and released the same year by Contemporary. Track Listing : 1.You’D Be So Nice To Come Home To (Cole Porter) – 05:25 . 2.Red Pepper Blues (Red Garland) – 03:37 . 3.Imagination […]

January 17, 1961 – you do not want to miss Dizzy Gillespie Quintet – that is Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Leo Wright (as), Lalo Schifrin (p), Bob Cunningham (b) and Chuck Lampkin (d) – at NET show “Jazz Casual.”

Ahmad Jamal’s ‘At the Pershing: But Not for Me’ is his first live album recorded on January 16, 1958 and released the same year by Argo. Track Listing : 1.But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 03:32 . 2.The Surrey With The Fringe On Top (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein Ii) – 02:35 . […]

‘Bags & Trane’ by Milt Jackson & John Coltrane is an album (titled after their nicknames) recorded on January 15, 1959 with Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Connie Kay and released in December 1961 by Atlantic Records. Track Listing : 1.Bags & Trane (Milt Jackson) – 07:25 . 2.Three Little Words (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) […]

January 7, 1959 – you do not miss Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Vic Dickenson, Jo Jones, Duke Ellington, George Shearing, Barbara Dane, Dakota Staton, Gene Krupa among others at the “Timex All-Star Jazz Show” on CBS hosted by Jackie Gleason

This day (January 6, 1993), in Englewood, New Jersey, died Dizzy Gillespie, an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and occasional singer. Tracklist : w/ Stan Getz: – A Night In Tunisia (1978) . w/ Lalo Schifrin – Here it tis (1992) . w/ Miriam Makeba – Live The Future . w Bernard Purdie (1982) . […]

Dr. Lonnie Smith, James Carter Organ Trio, Chris Potter, Michel Petrucciani, David Sanborn, Grover Washington Jr., Art Blakey ＆ The Jazz Messengers, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Charles Mingus, Mccoy Tyner, Erroll Garner, The Timex All Star. They are the “Jazz Legends” selected among the 147 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in […]

Chet Baker, Helen Merrill, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans , Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Sttit, Anita O’Day, Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Freddie Hubbard, Weather Report, Duke Ellington. They are the “Jazz Legends” selected among the 234 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . […]

Dizzy Gillespie’s ‘Sonny Side Up’ is an album recorded in December 1957 with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stittand released in 1958 by Verve. Track Listing : 1.On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Jimmy Mchugh, Dorothy Fields) – 05:43 . 2.The Eternal Triangle (Sonny Stitt) – 14:10 . 3.After Hours (Avery Parrish) – 12:21 . […]

This day (December 26, 2011), in Orlando, Florida, died Sam Rivers, an American jazz musician – soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica and piano – and composer . Tracklist : At work . w/ Arthur Blythe, Chico Freeman, Don Pullen – Live in Germany (1992) . Beatrice (1989) . w/ Dizzy Gillespie – […]

Dizzy Gillespie’s ‘The Greatest Trumpet of Them All’ is an album recorded on December 17, 1957 and featuring Benny Golson and released the same year by Verve. Track Listing : 1.Blues After Dark (Benny Golson) – 06:29 . 2.Sea Breeze (Benny Golson) – 03:17 . 3.Out Of The Past (Benny Golson) – 05:32 . 4.Shabozz […]

This day (December 9, 2010), in San Diego, California, died James Moody, an American jazz saxophone and flute player. Tracklist : Moody’s Mood for Love (2008) . w/ George Benson & Clark Terry – So What . w/ Dizzy Gillespie, Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Grady Tate – Ow! (1985) . w/ Al Haig, Ray Brown […]

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Abdullah Ibrahim, Carlos Ward, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Stan Getz, Flora Purim, Dave Brubeck, Benny Goodman, Wes Montgomery, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Chick Corea, Roy Haynes, Miroslav Vitous, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Grady Tate. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected among the 240 Posts we […]

December 4, 1982 – American president Ronald Reagan has invited a few top jazz players to the White House – that is Diane Schuur, Stan Getz, Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitouš, Roy Haynes, Dizzy Gillespie, Jon Faddis next to classical violonist Itzhak Perlman – for a private concert More Info

Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd , Chico Hamilton, Herbie Hancock, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Oscar Peterson, Count Basie, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Henderson, Kenny Wheeler, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie , Bill Evans, Jaco Pastorius, Rahsaan Roland Kirk. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected among the 243 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in […]