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Dizzy Gillespie™ Big Band at Blue Note New York

Courtesy of Blue Note New York | Posted on March 4, 2017

Where

Blue Note New York
131 West Third Street
New York, NY
Map
212-475-8592

When

Fri, August 18, 2017
10:30 pm

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Musicians


Dizzy Gillespie™ Big Band

About

DIZZY GILLESPIE™ BIG BAND

History has produced its share of great artists and great people - John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was both. As a performer, he left behind an incredible record of innovation and inspiration; as a composer, a broad repository of musical masterpieces; and as a man, a legion of friends, colleagues, and compatriots who remember him with the same degree of love and esteem they reserve for his work.



The Dizzy Gillespie™ Big Band is a direct descendant of Gillespie's musical ventures. The group has featured some of Dizzy's closest compatriots: senior statesman and NEA Jazz Master James Moody; musical director John Lee; and veteran Gillespie alumni Roy Hargrove, Roberta Gambarini, Cyrus Chestnut, Steve Davis, and Willie Jones III. All of them are outstanding band leaders, educators, and recording artists in their own right. ...

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