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'Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary' serves the jazz legend well

3492 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — How has there never been a comprehensive documentary about John Coltrane before now? One of the giants of jazz, the saxophonist collaborated with the best in the business â€” including Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis. From his s... more info

Chuck Stewart

3575 days ago

New York Times — Chuck Stewart was a fixture in the jazz world with his photographs of artists like John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie and many others. more info

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Bob Mintzer Organ Trio evokes a glorious chapter in jazz history at Green Mill

3616 days ago

Chicago Tribune — If you didn't know better, you might have thought the bebop era was still underway. The musical idiom exemplified by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie of course continues to influence jazz musicians of various stylistic predilections. But tenor saxo... more info

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DIZZY GILLESPIE: BLOW YOUR HEAD

4232 days ago

Soul Sides — Dizzy Gillespie: Manteca (America, 1974, The Source) Dizzy first made “Manteca” famous back in the mid-1940s and it would become one of his most important recordings in terms of introducing Latin influences into American pop music (and obvio... more info

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The Beatles Invasion, 50 Years Ago: Sunday, Feb. 9, 1964

4659 days ago

Time — Just before 2:30 on the afternoon of Feb. 9, the Beatles got the signal to take their places for the first of two full dress rehearsals in front of a full, hysterical audience. If they seemed daunted at making their American debut, it didn’t show.... more info

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Jazz pianist Paul Smith dies aged 91

4881 days ago

The Independent — Paul Smith, a jazz pianist, composer and arranger who worked with such greats as Bing Crosby, Nat "King" Cole and Dizzy Gillespie, has died at 91. more info

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Pete La Roca

5095 days ago

Guardian Music — Inventive 60s jazz drummer who played with Rollins, Coltrane and GetzTo Pete La Roca, the American jazz drummer and composer, who has died aged 74, jazz was a swinging music that contained the promise of surprise. When jazz stopped swinging, and stop... more info

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Jazz bassist Marcus Miller injured in bus crash in Switzerland

5099 days ago

Guardian Music — Grammy award-winning musician and 10 band members recovering after bus overturned on motorway, killing driverJazz bassist Marcus Miller and 10 members of his band have been injured following a serious bus crash in Switzerland. The driver of the vehic... more info

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Obskuradio: The John Plonsky Quintet

5118 days ago

78s — Das Akkordeon spielt im Jazz keine nennenswerte Rolle. Zu Unrecht, wie das John Plonsky Quintet beweist. Dizzy Gillespie, der Trompeter mit den legendären Pausbacken, legte sich Mitte der 40er-Jahre ein Pseudonym zu, weil er als Studiomusiker tätig... more info

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