Dizzy Gillespie

Roland Hanna, Erroll Garner, Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Evans, Gordon Beck, Kenny Wheeler, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Keith Jarrett, Lee Konitz, Chick Corea , Jaco Pastorius Band, Steve Coleman, Jean Luc Ponty

September 11, 1978 - opens the first "Festival de Jazz de São Paulo" at the Palácio das Convenções do Anhembi, in collaboration with the Montreux Jazz Festival. On the first day, Benny Carter shares the bill with Ástor Piazzolla and Dizzy

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August 17, 1966 - you do not miss the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet - that is Dizzy Gillespie (tp), James Moody (ts, fl), Kenny Barron (p), Christopher Wesley White (b), Rudy Collins (d) on British Television "BBC Jazz"

This day (August 16, 2007), in Manhattan, New York, died Max Roach, an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.…

Art Blakey's 'A Night in Tunisia' is an album recorded on August 7 and 14, 1960 with the Jazz Messengers featuring Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt in 1960 and released the same year by Blue Note.

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'The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1' is an album recorded on August 9, 1949 in quintet and May 1, 1951 in trio and released the same year In 1951 by Blue Note.

Track Listing : 1.Un Poco Loco (Bud Powell) - 04:42 . 2.Over The Rainbow (Harold

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Quincy Jones's 'Back on the Block' is a studio album released on August 8, 1989 by Qwest and featuring many famous artists : Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul, Ice-T, Big Daddy Kane, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, George Benson,

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'The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2' is a live album recorded on August 3 & 31, 1958 with Sonny Rollins appearing on two numbers and released in 1959 By Atlantic.

Track Listing : 1.Medley: Stardust/I Can'T Get Started/Lover Man

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This day (July 30, 1945), in Tampa, Florida, is born David Sanborn, an American alto saxophonist.…

Oscar Peterson's 'The Trio' is a live album recorded with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen on July 28 and 29, 1961 at the London House jazz club in Chicago and released the same year by Verve.

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This day (July 24, 1953), in Oakland, California, is born Jon Faddis, an American jazz trumpet player and conductor.…

July 14, 1978 - Dizzy Gillespie, Barney Wilen, Stan Getz and more perform together at the "Grande Parade du Jazz" in Nice, France

July 13, 1958 - Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Teddy Buckner, Bill Coleman, Don Byas, Claude Bolling, Lou Levy Trio, Sammy Price, Yvonne Blanc share the bill at Jazz Festival De Cannes, France

Ella Fitzgerald's 'Get Happy!' is an album recorded from July 24, 1957 till July 11, 1959 with various studio Orchestras and released in 1959 By Verve.

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Aretha Franklin's 'Who's Zoomin' Who?' is her thirtieth studio album featuring 'Freeway of Love,' produced mostly by Narada Michael Walden and released on July 9, 1985 by Arista

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July 9, 1988 - Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra perform at "North Sea Jazz Festival" in The Hague, The Netherlands

This day (July 6, 1971), in Corona, Queens, died Louis Armstrong, an American jazz trumpeter and singer.…

'Dizzy Gillespie at Newport' is a live album recorded with a big band on July 6, 1957 and released the same year by Verve.

Track Listing : 1.Dizzy'S Blues (Ahmad Kharab Salim) - 11:51 . 2.School Days (Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards) - 05:47 .

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'On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio' is a live album recorded on July 1-5 1958 with Herb Ellis and Ray Brown and released the same year by Verve.

Track Listing : 1.Sweet Georgia Brown (Ben Bernie, Kenneth

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July 2, 1966 - it is "Trumpet and Guitar Workshop" at the Newport Jazz Festival. On the trumpet side : Bobby Hackett, Clark Terry, Ruby Braff, Red Allen and Dizzy Gillespie and the guitar side George Benson, Charlie Byrd and Kenny Burrell

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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song book' is a studio album recorded with the Duke Ellington Orchestra on June 25 and October 17, 1957 and released the same year By Verve Records.

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Wes Montgomery's 'Full House' is his seventh (and first live) album recorded on June 25, 1962 by Riverside/Ojc.

Track Listing : 1.Full House (Wes Montgomery) - 09:14 . 2.I'Ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face (Alan

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Bassist (and contra bassist) extraordinaire, Anthony Jackson, who turns 69 today - Happy Birthday - has been for almost 50 years a "top session bassist".

Very much in demand, Anthony has played on numerous albums and behind the greatest

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This day (June 21, 1932), in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is born Boris Claudio Schifrin a.a.k. Lalo Schifrin, an Argentine composer, pianist and conductor.…

Roland Kirk's 'Left & Right' is an album recorded on June 17 & 18 1968 and released the same year By Atlantic.

Track Listing : 1.Black Mystery Has Been Revealed (Roland Kirk

) - 01:17 . 2.Expansions: Kirkquest/Kingus Mingus/Celestialness/A…

This day (June 11, 1939), in Elkton, Maryland, is born Bernard Lee Purdie a.k.a Pretty Purdie, an American session drummer.…

'Bird & Diz' by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie is a studio album recorded (primarily) on June 6, 1950 with Thelonious Monk and Buddy Rich and released in 1952 by Clef.

Track Listing : 1.Bloomdido (Charlie Parker

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This day (June 6, 1991), in Malibu, California, died Stan Getz, an American jazz saxophone player who was known as The Sound. …

Miles Davis' 'Round About Midnight' is an album recorded on October 26, 1955; June 5 and September 10, 1956 and released on March 18, 1957 by Columbia.

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This day (May 27, 1963), in Havana, Cuba, is born Gonzalo Rubalcaba, a Grammy Award-winning Cuban jazz pianist and composer.…

Ella Fitzgerald's 'Ella / Things Ain't What They Used to Be ' is the combination of two separate studio albums recorded on May 26-30, 1969 and released .in 1970 by Reprise

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Dexter Gordon's 'Our Man in Paris' is an album recorded on May 23, 1963 in Paris, with Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke and Pierre Michelot and released the same year by Blue Note.

Track Listing : 1.Scrapple From

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Randy Weston's 'The Spirits Of Our Ancestors' is an album recorded on May 20, 21 & 22, 1991 with an all-star cast of musicians and released the same year by Verve.

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Wes Montgomery's 'Bumpin'' is his thirteenth album recorded on March 16, May 18, 19 & 20, 1965 and released the same year by Verve.

Track Listing : 1.Bumpin'

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