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Dave Douglas Pays Tribute to Jazz Legend Dizzy Gillespie on ‘Dizzy Atmosphere’
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Dave Douglas Pays Tribute to Jazz Legend Dizzy Gillespie on ‘Dizzy Atmosphere’

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 / 11 June 2020

Jazz trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas has constructed a tribute to Dizzy Gillespie that gives his young band as much voice as possible, with two reinterpretations of Dizzy classics and seven originals.

‘The Jazz Ambassadors’: When Dizzy and Satchmo Diplomacy Swung the Cold War
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‘The Jazz Ambassadors’: When Dizzy and Satchmo Diplomacy Swung the Cold War

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 / 14 May 2018

Filmmaker Hugo Berkeley, historian Penny M. Von Eschen, and musician Darius Brubeck talk with Will Layman about the State Department's decision to send Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, and others around the world to help win the Cold War.

Dizzy Gillespie and Friends: Concert of the Century – A Tribute to Charlie Parker
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Dizzy Gillespie and Friends: Concert of the Century – A Tribute to Charlie Parker

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 / 5 December 2016
This may not be the greatest performance of its time, but it's bristling with improvisatory energy and instrumental play that should leave jazz devotees more than satisfied.
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Zoot Sims: Zoot Sims: Lost Tapes

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 / 20 February 2013
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The Quintet: Jazz at Massey Hall

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 / 28 August 2012
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Various Artists: The Best of Perception & Today Records

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 / 26 July 2012
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Ali Jackson Trio with John Faddis: 18 October 2011 – New York

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 / 21 October 2011
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Dizzy Gillespie: Night in Tunisia: The Very Best of Dizzy Gillespie

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 / 20 November 2006
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Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Havana: Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba [DVD]

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 / 6 October 2005
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Dizzy Gillespie: Career: 1937-1992

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 / 26 May 2005
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Dizzy Gillespie Honors Dan Burley in ‘Jivin’ in Bebop’

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 / 21 December 2004
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Dizzy Gillespie: Odyssey: 1945-1952

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 / 3 October 2002