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Remembering Dizzy in the centennial year of his birth

In this year of major jazz centennials, none holds more importance than that of Dizzy Gillespie, who transformed the music in ways that resonate profoundly to this day. Alongside Charlie Parker and others, John Birks Gillespie crafted the idiom we call bebop, revolutionized what the trumpet could...

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21:45 on May 8 2017

Remembering Dizzy in the centennial year of his birth

Chicago Tribune — In this year of major jazz centennials, none holds more importance than that of Dizzy Gillespie, who transformed the music in ways that resonate profoundly to this day. A... more info

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