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Vor 5 Tagen · “A Night in Tunisia” is a quintessential composition by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Its origins remain somewhat of a mystery. However, many sources have claimed to have located its genesis in Gillespie’s time as a member of Benny Carter’s band in 1942.
Vor 4 Tagen · Dizzy Gillespie was a jazz giant who loved to explore new areas of self-expression. In addition to being an exciting performer, his melodic and harmonic inventions are legendary. Gillespie had remarkable insight into the rhythmic aspects of jazz. His trumpet swung in a highly personal way.
Vor 20 Stunden · Born on May 26, 1926, in Alton, Illinois, Davis became a professional trumpet player at 17 after learning from Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. In 1958, Davis teamed up with saxophonist John Coltrane to form a sextet, releasing the iconic album Milestones. Following this success, they produced Kind of Blue, one of the best-selling jazz ...
Vor einem Tag · Wenn es so etwas wie ein Portal-Album des Jazz geben würde, dann wäre es dieses Album, das einen Panoramablick auf die Kulturgeschichte des Jazz und seine großen Trompeten-Giganten erschließt: komponierte Portraits von Louis Armstrong, Clifford Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Chet Baker, Don Cherry und Miles Davis erzählen den Weg vom Swing der goldenen Bigband-Ära der 1920er und -30er Jahre ...
Vor 4 Tagen · In other words, the album is worth taking seriously, and not just because it’s a discographical oddity, but also because it’s from Dizzy Gillespie, one of the greatest trumpeters to ever touch the instrument. Straight-up bebop licks are few and far between. Gillespie plays some of bop’s famous flat fives and nines, but that’s ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie wasn't only a key innovator of bebop and the jazz idiom at large; he was also known for being a prankster whose mischievous humor occasionally got him in trouble. He played his most remarkable prank in 1963 and 1964, when he got as close to becoming president of the United States as.
Vor 2 Tagen · Seine Karriere hat El’Zabar als Perkussionist für Weltstars begonnen: Er tourte mit den Bands von Dizzy Gillespie, Stevie Wonder und Nina Simone. Im Interview spricht Kahil El’Zabar über Rituale vor einem Konzert, seine Liebe zur Kalimba und seine Hinwendung zu afrikanischen Trommelkulturen.
