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Explaining Roy Fielding's Dissertation to my Wife - Roy is to REST as ...
Explaining Roy Fielding's Dissertation to my Wife - Roy is to REST as Dizzy is to Bebop Tuesday, 19 August 2008 20:08:46 My lovely wife Shannon is helping to do proof-reading on my book , and today she was ...
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Johnny 'Dizzy' Moore. - File TRUMPETER JOHNNY 'Dizzy' Moore, a founding member of the Skatalites band, died on Saturday at the age of 69.
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Late Cuban musician Diego "Mofeta" Iborra gave jazz its "swing"
... old black and white photographs of themselves posing in big bands with the likes of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie. The late Diego "Mofeta" Iborra was such a man. Born in the Cuban countryside in 1919 and raised by a professional ...
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Music review: Dizzy Gillespie All Stars
... in their own right as well as historic associations with Gillespie, and bassist John Lee was also a member of Dizzy's bands in his final decade. THE HUB, EDINBURGH Hampton suffered a recent stroke, and was not playing up to full capacity, but his ...
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The Legendary Dizzy Gillespie On Piano Jazz
Dizzy Gillespie performs in 1970. Set List "Con Alma" "On the Alamo" "Manteca" "Profile of the Diz" "Round Midnight" "Profile of the Diz II" "Night in Tunisia" Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz , July 25, 2008 - ...
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... from the potential Champions League pot of gold. Talking about Jason Gillespie, I am delighted to announce that "Dizzy" will be joining the BBC commentary team on Finals Day. Gillespie will join Phil Tufnell, Alex Tudor and Simon Hughes providing ...
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... amazing vocals. She accompanies herself on "East of the Sun" and McPartland joins in on "My Funny Valentine." July 25: Dizzy Gillespie The name "Dizzy" perfectly described the playful personality and adventurous musical style of John Birks ...
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... to jazz royalty Tuesday night at the Rochester International Jazz Festival. Jeanie Bryson, daughter of jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie, collaborated with the RPO's Pops conductor Jeff Tyzik, for "Gillespiana--A Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie." The tribute ...
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Remarks by the President in a Toast at a Social Dinner in Honor of American Jazz
... in chains ultimately helped America spread freedom abroad. In 1956, the State Department sent American jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie around the world on a mission to trumpet American values. He was in Turkey when word came that a group of Cypriot ...
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... his mother's house and asked me to join." Soon, Gonzalez was playing with the biggest names in Latin and jazz music: Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, McCoy Tyner. "I remember this one time Dizzy took me to Louis Armstrong's house when I ...
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... to jazz royalty Tuesday night at the Rochester International Jazz Festival. Jeanie Bryson, daughter of jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie, collaborated with the RPO's Pops conductor Jeff Tyzik, for "Gillespiana--A Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie." The tribute ...
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Gillespie tribute a real treat for sparse jazz festival crowd
... normally has very good taste. I say "normally" because I'm afraid you blew it last night. Where were you for the Dizzy Gillespie tribute at the Eastman Theatre? With less than 1,000 on hand in the big house, a lot of jazz fans missed a special ...
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Laugh at the lapels, revel in the music
... festival? So far, I've highlighted Dee Dee Bridgewater's African project; Dave Samuels' Caribbean Jazz; the tribute to Dizzy Gillespie by Jeff Tyzik, Jeannie Bryson (Dizzy's daughter), Byron Stripling and Gerry Niewood; veterans Slide Hampton and ...
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The "Open Source" Composer: David Amram
David Amram at Brown's grand piano We are hanging out at the piano here with the composer and Renaissance man David Amram , who has hung with the best - starting with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Jack ...
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SDP Jazz Note: Newquist on Dizzy Gillespie
Posted by: Ken Blanchard - 05/04/2008 10:39 PM David Newquist has responded to my welcome back note with a rich post on one of the founding fathers of bebop: Dizzy Gillespie.
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The "open source" composer: David Amram
David Amram at Brown's grand piano We are hanging out at the piano here with the composer and Renaissance man David Amram , who has hung with the best - starting with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Jack ...
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FESTIVAL: 51st Annual Monterey Jazz Festival
... the Courtyard Stage, and the West Lawn Stage. Indoor areas include Lyons Lounge, the Night Club/Bill Berry Stage, Dizzy's Den, The Jazz Theater, and the Coffee House Gallery. All five Arena concerts are simulcast in The Jazz Theater and in Klub ...
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... at Luckman Theatre (Cal State L.A., 5151 State University Dr., L.A., 323-343-6600; 8 p.m.; $30, $35), bebop titan Dizzy Gillespie is recalled by the stellar Luckman Jazz Orchestra, led by Charles Owens. Dizzy piloted one of the first bop orchestras ...
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GENERAL/INDUSTRY: Memories of Carmen McRae
... at the aggressive welcoming committee. "Let's have a seat," she said. We went to a table. Before the break ended, Dizzy Gillespie walked in, carrying his trumpet case. He joined us and when the next set started, Dizzy sat in with Carmen. It was an ...
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Trombonist says Roy Eldridge deserves utmost respect
... of Eldridge's music because that is what makes him significant in jazz history. "He is the connection between Pops and Dizzy," he says, drawing a line between Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie. The trombonist, who runs his career out of New Jersey ...
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