Tag Archives: Dizzy Gillespie

This memorable set from Dizzy Gillespie's longtime drummer is one of the best small-group jazz albums of recent vintage, full of rhythmic play and meaty assertiveness with a Latin lilt.

Dizzy Gillespie’s 'Live at Ronnie Scott’s: Volumes 1-4' makes for the kind of treasure that will warm the ears of happy jazz fans all over the planet.

Even approaching 60, Dizzy Gillespie shows he hasn't lost the touch.

Filled with illuminating anecdotes from the people who knew the man, who saw at his best, who saw him at his worst.

Miki Purnell's debut album 'Swingin' to the Sea' is just what the doctor ordered.

Jazz for Svetlana features a surprising trumpet-guitar duo.

A remarkable four-CD set of highlights from Lalo Schifrin's 50 year musical career.

Not the complete concert, and a cheat to boot with overdubbed bass.

Five jazz titans performed together in a half empty hall back in 1953. The result was one of the legendary jazz concerts of all time.

If this isn't classic be-bop at its greatest, I'm not sure how it could get much better.