Resultado de búsqueda
8 de mar. de 2024 · In 1989, Dizzy Gillespie was awarded one of the biggest civilian honors in the United States – the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for his contributions to American music. Dizzy was married to a dancer named Lorraine Willis, who he met in 1937 during his visit to Washington, D.C. Their marriage lasted until his death in 1993 at the ...
9 de mar. de 2024 · Dizzy Gillespie, American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader who was one of the seminal figures of the bebop movement. A noted composer, his songbook is a list of bebop’s greatest hits; ‘Salt Peanuts,’ ‘Woody ’n’ You,’ ‘Con Alma,’ ‘Groovin’ High,’ and ‘A Night in Tunisia’ all became jazz standards.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 de mar. de 2024 · Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie played a pivotal role in the invention of bebop and the development of jazz. Here are 10 of of his best songs.
19 de mar. de 2024 · Features. November 8, 2016. That time Dizzy ran for U.S. president. by Matt Micucci. 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.
12 de mar. de 2024 · by Brian Zimmerman. On this day (May 17) in 1937, trumpeter John Birks Gillespie — better known by his nickname, Dizzy — made his first known recording, appearing with the Teddy Hill NBC Orchestra on the Jelly Roll Morton tune “King Porter Stomp” for RCA Records.
13 de mar. de 2024 · February 22, 2021- Today's Bebop Era Topic: Cubop. Cubop is the marriage of Afro-Cuban rhythms with bebop harmony and improvisation. It emerged during the bop era when Dizzy Gillespie added Chano Pozo to his big band in 1947. Jazz oriented Afro-Cuban music first appeared in New York in the early nineteen forties with Machito and His ...
4 de mar. de 2024 · Dizzy Gillespie. Born: 1917. Along with saxophonist Charlie Parker and pianist Bud Powell, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie was one of the founding fathers of the 1940s bebop movement. Initially inspired by the swing era trumpeter Roy Eldridge, Gillespie developed a new style of playing that was chromatically complex and utilised the ...