Entertainment & Arts
Trumpeter Gillespie, co-founder of the bebop movement, also worked with Latin rhythms.
Jan. 2, 1997
Dizzy Gillespie in action--especially in his later years--was a sight to behold.
Oct. 17, 1997
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Oct. 21, 2010
Music
Fifty world-class jazz musicians and hundreds of fans are assembled aboard this ship to celebrate the 75th birthday Wednesday of John Birks (Dizzy) Gillespie.
Oct. 20, 1992
More Diz: “Dizzy’s 80th Birthday Party” on Shanachie Records salutes the bebop master’s music in performances by the “Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars,” including Lee, Berroa, trumpeter Jon Faddis, all former alumni, with pianist Cyrus Chestnut, saxophonist Antonio Hart and others.
“Dizzy: The Man and the Music” seems an awfully ambitious title for a show of little more than an hour, performed by only four musicians.
Jan. 6, 1997
“Dizzy: The Man and The Music” seems an awfully expansive title for a show that lasts little more than an hour and features just four musicians.
Travel & Experiences
Be-bop jazz great Dizzy Gillespie’s Dizzyfest Tour ’88 may be making its San Diego stop at Sea World’s Nautilus Amphitheater rather than Humphrey’s.
July 8, 1988
* MUSIC: Ami Porat leads his orchestra, the Mozart Camerata, in a Mozart program at Irvine Barclay Theatre, Saturday night at 8, and at St.
Jan. 3, 1997
For most of his musical life, pianist-composer Lalo Schifrin, who has played with Dizzy Gillespie and written soundtracks for such films as “Dirty Harry” and “The Beverly Hillbillies,” says he’s felt like a fish out of water.
Oct. 22, 1993