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Source: news.scotsman.com --- 37 days ago
IT'S always nice when all-star tribute groups can actually muster some bona fide stars. Saxophonist James Moody and trombonist Slide Hampton both have considerable jazz re ... Source: www.ez-tracks.com --- 9 days ago
EZ-Tracks.com Song of the Day: Desafinado - by Dizzy Gillespie ... Source: www.topix.com --- 5 days ago
Uptown Records has announced the release of two new additions to its Flashback Series, featuring two of the jazz worlds most immortal figures: Charlie Parker, Washington, D.C., May 23, 1948 and Dizzy Gillespie ... ... Source: concerts.wolfgangsvault.com --- 24 days ago
Listen to Dizzy Gillespie performed at Fillmore East on April 18, 1970 ... Source: www.rapidlinks.co.uk --- 33 days ago
Image: http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m82/ruud170/LpCovers/41Q9W7VNGFL_SL500_AA240_.jpg Audio CD (June 16, 1993) Original Release Date: January... ... Source: www.rapidlinks.co.uk --- 33 days ago
Image: http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m82/ruud170/LpCovers/9d3d62e89da037e421434110.jpg Audio CD (October 19, 1993) Original Release Date:... ... Source: www.emusic.com --- 3 days ago
Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods - Dizzy Gillespie And Machito Genre: Jazz Styles: Bebop , Latin Jazz Label: Fantasy / Pablo ...
Source: www.freep.com --- 5 days ago
Though it wasn't billed as such, closing night at the Detroit International Jazz Festival morphed into a de facto celebration of bebop, the modern jazz movement of the �40s spearheaded by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell and a few others. ... Source: www.rhapsody.com --- 5 days ago
Most of the rock generation is familiar with Tito Puente through Santana's cover of "Oye Como Va" and his appearance in The Mambo Kings . By venturing closer to the source, they will discover what Latin jazz fans have known for years: Puente's intoxicating mix of Big Band jazz and Latin music creates Mambo madness at its finest. Tito Puente is credited with fusing Cuban charangas with Big Band swing and Bop. Puente always had one eye on dance fans and indeed, his music puts the ghost of St. Vitus in your body. But his other eye was planted on jazz fans -- he loved arranging for composers such as Horace Silver and his soulmate Dizzy Gillespie. There are many similarities between Puente and Diz's various big bands -- chief among them the spirit of global brotherhood that they celebrate. But Tito Puente never let his jazz side distract from his music's mass popularity; when the Big Band era was long gone, Puente not only kept his band together but saw it thrive. With more than a hundred albums to his credit, at least one or two should be a part of every collection. - Nick Dedina ... Source: www.weeklystandard.com --- 16 days ago
We've already heard from the major newspapers that Kayne West, Fergie, and friends are going to make the pilgrimage to Denver for the upcoming Democratic National Convention. But only Bloomberg has reported that the convention has chosen a "composer in residence." Amram, 77, has collaborated with impressive folks such as Leonard Bernstein and Dizzy Gillespie. He's also worked with left-leaning poet Allen Ginsberg and writer Jack Keroac. For the convention, he has specially composed several pieces, including "Three Songs for America," a bass voice and orchestra piece using snippets from speeches by, predictably, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther Kind Jr, and Robert Kennedy. He will perform another piece, also for voice and orchestra, based on Rev. Jesse Jackson's free verse "I am - Somebody" poem, which he recited on Sesame Street in 1971. (Apparently, material gets recycled and reused: the poem also inspired the title song crooned by rapper will.i.am on a 2005 album titled "All That I Am.") Along the same line, he will conduct the Colorado Children's Choir, which will sing a piece incorporating sentences like "I am a Bronco's fan, I am a cab driver, I am a mother," all taken from interviews with the people of Denver. And yes, there will be audience participation. It will be a yes we can moment. In his email to the Bloomberg news, Amram gleely wrote: "I'm planning to spring a surprise ... an Obama singalong during 'Now's the Time.' Y ... Source: classiclasvegas.squarespace.com --- 13 days ago
Joanne Gilbert, a new (and already active!) Friends of Classic Las Vegas member, told us about a Jazz Event This Sunday which is sponsored by the Las Vegas Jazz Society It’s part of a series, ”Tribute to the Las Vegas Jazz Masters” - this time honoring, “Elder Statesman”, Jimmy Wilkins, trombonist, conductor, writer, arranger, alumnus of the Count Basie Orchestra, Clark Terry Big Band, and groups led by Illinois Jacquet, Teddy Wilson and Dizzy Gillespie, among many others. He has played with all the top players in American and Las Vegas Jazz History. Las Vegas is fortunate to be the home of many treasures of jazz history–their role in the evolving culture of our city is invaluable! If you’re a “Friend of Classic Las Vegas”, or anyone interested in the history and community of our town, particularly the people who made it happen - and/or a music lover, then you don’t want to miss this event. It’s at Sonny’s Tavern, 4145 S. Grand Canyon Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89147 (215/Flamingo). Admission is $10/LVJS Members or $15/general admission. Sunday, August 24 at 2:00 p.m., at Sonny’s Tavern: Please RSVP to Joanne: jazz@joannes.us ... Source: www.localwineevents.com --- 8 days ago
Aug 30, 2008 (Sat): Join us this Saturday for another great performance at Wine69!!! Come meet the 2006 Best Piano Man in Miami . the Genius, Mike Gerber!!! Michael Gerber - has performed, with some of the Jazz Icons such as Jaco Pastorius, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Pat Matheny, and others[...] ...
Source: blogs.riverfronttimes.com --- 2 days ago
From the venue: The Sheldon Art Galleries presents Jazz, Rock, and Soul: 40 Years of Music in St. Louis, 1968-2008 , October 3, 2008 – February 7, 2009 in the History of Jazz Gallery. Celebrate the art galleries' tenth anniversary at a complimentary exhibit opening on October 3 from 5 -7 p.m. with wine, hors d’oeuvres and cake! Gallery hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays, Noon – 8 p.m.; Wednesdays and Fridays, Noon – 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and one hour prior to Sheldon performances and during intermission. Admission is free. For more information on the exhibition visit the galleries’ website at www.thesheldon.org/galleries.asp . Re-live your favorite concert moments through a collection of photos, memorabilia, archival information, graphic art, rare musical instruments, and video clips that document concerts in St. Louis for over four decades. The exhibit presents a diverse history of live concerts that reveals the cultural richness and reputation as a music town that St. Louis has had since the early 1900s. Highlights in the exhibit include instruments that once belonged to Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry and Maynard Ferguson and sheet music annotated by Louis Armstrong, all from the collection of Steven Schankman. St. Louis has been a major stop for almost every national and international recording artist. The exhibition highlights not only many of these entertainers, but also the presenters. Better known as concert promo ...
Source: coastsider.com --- 25 days ago
Trumpet Virtuoso/Singer/Comedian/Actor—Jack Sheldon’s importance to the entertainment industry has been a constant throughout his career spanning from the 1940s to the present ... and from bebop to voice-overs. He is living proof that jazz and showbiz do mix. Jack Sheldon’s mark on the world of entertainment is indelible. Along with Lester Young in the 30s, Dizzy Gillespie in the 40s, and Zoot Simms in the 50s, Jack Sheldon is one of the Original Lions of the West Coast Sound. Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society 307 Mirada Road, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 $35. Tickets at the door. Reservations for members. Doors Open at 3 PM, Music from 4:30 to 7:30 PM, with intermission. ... Source: www.topix.com --- 10 days ago
Two legends of the jazz world in one show! First, pianist Kenny Barron talks about performing with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, and Freddie Hubbard, and his new CD, The Traveller . ... Find more results for Dizzy Gillespie on RSSMicro.com |
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Charlie "Bird" Parker was an American saxophonist and composer. As a young man, he moved to NYC to pursue a career in music. There, Parker met and played with a group of young musicians in Harlem clubs. In 1945, Parker and Dizzy Gillespie made the first bop (or bebop) records, becoming leaders of the bop movement in jazz. Parker's brilliant improvisations, noted for their power and beauty, soon earned the admiration of countless musicians. At what age did Parker begin playing the saxophone? ...
( The can of beans is just to show scale. Please don’t read anything in to it. There’s absolutely no correlation between Hills beauty Audrina Patridge and a can of delicious La Sierra refried beans with chipotle. None. ) According to their website , Six Degrees magazine is a powerful pocket-sized 192-page (free) publication dedicated to fashion and entertainment. We spare no cost in paper, printing or design quality so as to ensure the collectability of our magazine. Six Degrees : You’re best known for being the gorgeous brunette on The Hills , yet in a picture of you as homecoming queen you have blonde hair. Were you bleaching your hair at the tender age of 15? Audrina : No! That’s my real color. I’ve been dying my hair and eyebrows darker since I was 18. Audrina Patridge in Six Degrees Magazine Previously Audrina Patridge and friends at a “ public pool .” ( For some strange reason, these pictures remind us of Dizzy Gillespie . ) Audrina Patridge at the 3rd Annual VH1 Rock Honors ...
Courtesy of Spiradic Productions Cuban jazz drummer Diego “Mofeta” Iborra pass away at 84 last month. You never know who some of Miami Beach’s golden oldies are or might have been in their younger years, unless of course they reach into their wallet from time to time and pull out 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 flautist father in Havana, the drummer was inspired to take New York by storm as a young adult in the 1940s. His audacity in asking to jam alongside Dizzy helped to change the tempo of one of America’s greatest musical genres. “My father happened to be a very loving and compassionate man, so it was easy for him to go and meet people in the jazz world,” says Mofeta’s son Frank Iborra. “He was very unassuming and they just took him under the fold.” Mofeta passed away July 27 at the age of 84, just as West Palm Beach producers Antoni Ansarav and Lorenzo Ansaroff were gearing up to capture him on video this summer for a documentary film about elderly Cuban musicians in Miami. Luckily, they already have some footage of recordings he’d done with pals Tata Palao, Paquito Hechevería, Nelson “Flaco” Padron, Juanito Marquez, Ranses Colon, Candido Camero, Oscar Salas, and the late Cachao López. This past year, the Miami leg ...
Tony Bennett, Dizzy Gillespie, Linda Ronstadt and Bill Cosby: Joanne “Jo Jo” Fichtner has heard them all at the South Shore Music Circus. She just hasn’t seen many of them. “When we have a full house here, there are a lot of people with questions that need to be answered,” Fichtner said during a recent children’s performance of “Rapunzel.” Fichtner has spent about half her life answering questions, maintaining public relations for the Music Circus, seating customers and selling tickets and snacks. She started 30 seasons ago, in 1978, stuffing envelopes with tickets. Hearing all those legendary entertainers and being surrounded by familiar faces has made Fichtner’s decades on Sohier Street more fun than she ever thought possible from a job. Fichtner’s daughter, Lisa, and granddaughter, Logan, work at the music circus too. “I was 13 when I started in the concession stand,” said Lisa Pratt, who is now in her 40s. “At 14, I was able to become an usher.” Pratt started selling tickets in the box office in 1980. After graduating school and quitting careers in advertising and publishing in Boston, Pratt moved back to Cohasset where she now lives with her mother, husband and kids. Pratt is co-manager and head usher at the circus. “It became a second career for me,” she said. She started dating her husband, Jeff, after meeting him in the circus parking lot where he worked as an attendant. Logan, their 15-year-old daughter is also an usher. ...