Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Yahoo LAUNCHCAST song of the day


Artist:Dizzy Gillespie

Song:Bebop

Album:Dizzy:The Music Of John Birks Gillespie





John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie is one of the great innovators of jazz and an all time great trumpeter. He got the nickname Dizzy because he liked to goof around on the bandstand. But Gillespie was also a showman and an educator and was more interested than most of his contemporaries in bringing bebop to the masses. He also brought Cuban jazz to the US. This Dizzy comp was released in 2005 on Verve and includes tracks he recorded for Verve in the 50s & Philips in the 60s. This excellent version of the Gillespie classic Bebop is from the 1963 Philips album Something Old, Something New. Musicians include James Moody on sax & flute, Kenny Barron on piano, Chris White on bass & Rudy Collins on drums. It was rereleased on CD in 1998 with an added bonus track. Dizzy Gillespie's career was so wide ranging it is impossible for one comp to do him justice. The Ken Burns Jazz comp released in 2000 might be a good place for beginners to start. I'm sure I'll talk more about Dizzy in the future. Dizzy Gillespie died on Jan. 6, 1993 at age 75.

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