The second recording by the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band offers seventy minutes of superb, often legendary talents doing full justice to timeless material. While only three of the eleven tracks ...

In 1945, after he and Charlie Parker had concluded the initial phase of the bebop revolution, Dizzy Gillespie fulfilled a lifelong wish by starting a big band. The time was certainly not propitious ...

"A Night in Tunisia" is frequently called Dizzy Gillespie's greatest composition. The Complete RCA Victor Recordings has two versions of it, as... Dizzy Gillespie: 'The Complete RCA Victor Recordings' ...

June 9-14: The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, stocked with veterans of the bop giant’s ensembles, works hard to honor its namesake. (Blue Note; June 9-June 14.) ...

In the mid-1950s, Quincy Jones was part of the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band at a time when the U.S. State Department sent them on a goodwill tour around the globe. It was during the Cold War, and ...

The Tipitina’s Record Club’s current release, “Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Dizzy Gillespie: Live in New Orleans,” brings up some old memories for Gregory Davis. The Dirty Dozen trumpeter and ...

Best known for his long association with Dizzy Gillespie, Mr. Longo, who died of the coronavirus, also led a big band and promoted the work of other musicians. By Steve Smith This obituary is part of ...

The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery honors the life and legacy of jazz trumpeter, composer and band leader Dizzy Gillespie on the centennial of his birth. Gillespie first rose to fame in the ...

May 28-June 2: The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. No matter which members of this vigorous tribute band are playing, its heart and its repertory are always in the right place. Among the staunch ...