Dizzy Gillespie and friends, including pianist Mel Powell, 1948. Allan Grant—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Caption from LIFE. "Dizzy Gillespie takes off on a frantic trumpet flight at jam ...

Dizzy folded his 1945 band in October before heading out to California with Charlie Parker. With the release of Dizzy Gillespie Big Band: Showtime at the Spotlite, we now have a remarkable document.

First, the quality of the music is at the highest level of inspiration, with the innovations of Parker and Gillespie still fresh, new and exciting. Parker and Gillespie are both in astounding form.

When it comes to that rare personal combination of musical excellence and undeniable charisma, we have yet to see Dizzy’s like since. VIEW: Dizzy Gillespie: Rare and Classic Portraits of a ...

Dizzy Gillespie's 93rd birthday has been marked today with a Google doodle. Click through the gallery above for classic pictures of the jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer and composer ...

A 2021 Tipitina's Record Club release of a live recording from 1986 of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Dizzy Gillespie. PHOTO PROVIDED BY TIPITINA'S ... and it’s rare to find copies available ...

The Dizzy Gillespie of glassblowing. It’s almost fitting that a man who gave so much to jazz had neck anatomy that decided to improvise air flow. Images: Screengrab, YouTube ; Bill Bumgarner ...

He met trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie in 1980 or 1981 when they were both playing at a festival in Switzerland. Months later, Dizzy was at Blues Alley in Georgetown for the week-long residency he did ...