The distinctive trumpet of Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993), with the idiosyncratic upward angle of its bell, is transformed into a starship on the cover of Dave Douglas' Dizzy ... This ...

The deceptively titled Dizzy and Strings only features Gillespie with strings for half of the selections, as if Norman Granz thought that perhaps a whole album of strings with Diz was a little too ...

The musicianship is top notch for the top number on the album, "Dizzy's Blues." After a short introduction by Gillespie, the band immediately burns into the tune -- and the audience sounds into it.

They called it bebop. A new three-disc retrospective album from Verve shows why Gillespie is so important in the history of jazz. Dizzy’s Diamonds: The Best of the Verve Years is a glorious romp ...

Legends Live: Dizzy Gillespie Quintet is a collection ... gets a haunting sweet-toned treatment from Gillespie. The album ends with an almost 16-minute version of Gillespie's near-Eastern vibed ...