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Dizzy Gillespie - Getting Dizzy (CD) (UK Import)

Dizzy Gillespie - Getting Dizzy (CD) (UK Import)

Artist: Dizzy Gillespie

Music Genre: Jazz

Label
Not Now Music
Cat No
NOT2CD316
Released
2009
Pressing
UK
Styles
Bop

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ArtistDizzy Gillespie
FormatCD
LabelNot Now Music
Catalogue no.NOT2CD316
GenreJazz
Barcode5060143493164

Dizzy Gillespie — Gettin' Dizzy
Format: CD • Label: Not Now Music (NOT2CD316) • Released: 2009 • Pressing: UK • Genre: Bop

Tracklist:
1-1. Jordu
1-2. Birk's Works
1-3. Umbrella Man
1-4. Autumn Leaves
1-5. Tangerine
1-6. Over The Rainbow
1-7. Yo No Quiero Bailar
1-8. If You Could See Me Now
1-9. Left Hand Corner
1-10. Whisper Not
1-11. Stablemates
1-12. That's All
1-13. Groovin' High
1-14. Bebop
1-15. Dark Eyes
2-1. Manteca Theme
2-2. Contraste
2-3. Jungla
2-4. Rhumba Finale
2-5. A Night In Tunisia
2-6. Con Alma
2-7. Caravan
2-8. Dizzy's Business
2-9. A Night In Tunisia (1956 Ver.)
2-10. Jessica's Day
2-11. Tour De Force
2-12. I Can't Get Started
2-13. Stella By Starlight
2-14. Doodlin'
2-15. The Champ
2-16. My Reverie
2-17. Dizzy's Blues

Imported from the UK.

About the artist

American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer.
Born October 21, 1917, Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
Died January 6, 1993, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Together with Charlie Parker he was the predominant figure in the development of bebop (bop), the earliest form of modern jazz. He taught and influenced many other musicians, including trumpeters Miles Davis, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Lee Morgan, Jon Faddis and Chuck Mangione.
He was also one of the founders of Afro-Cuban (or Latin) jazz, adding Chano Pozo's conga to his orchestra in 1947, and utilizing complex poly-rhythms early on.
Career Highlights:
Awarded New Star Award from Esquire Magazine (1944)
Performs at first integrated concert in public school, Cheraw, SC (1959)
First jazz musician appointed by US department of State to undertake cultural mission (1972)
Awarded Handel Medallion from the City of New York (1972)
Received Paul Robeson Award from Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies (1972)
Performs at White House for President Carter and the Shah of Iran (1977)
Performs "Salt Peanuts" with President Carter at White House Jazz Concert (1978)
Inducted into Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame (1982)
Received Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (1989)
Received National Medal of Arts from President Bush (1989)
Received Duke Ellington Award from the society og Composers, Authors, and Publishers (1989)
Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1989)
Received Kennedy Center Honors Award (1990)
Received fourteen honorary degrees, including Ph.D. Rutgers University (1972), Ph.D. Chicago Conservatory of Music (1978)
Awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording

Source: Discogs

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