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Jazz Icons - Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 and '70

Jazz Icons - Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 and '70

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Contents

This DVD is included in the Jazz Icons 1: Boxed Set (9 DVDs)

Features two historic concerts from one of the founding fathers of bebop. Filmed 12 years apart, the 1958 concert features Dizzy working eloquently within the small combo structure of a quintet. The second show features Dizzy fronting the legendary Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band. With a 16-piece big band to conduct, Dizzy's Latin influences are revealed.

Belgium 1958: Blues After Dark; On the Sunny Side of the Street; Loverman; Cocktails for Two; Blues Walk; Denmark 1970: Con Alma; The Brother K; Now Hear My Meanin'; Manteca; Let Me Outta Here; Things Are Here.

Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet; Sonny Stitt, Tenor Sax; Ray Brown, Bass.

Extended Article

Jazz Icons™ is an ongoing DVD series featuring full-length concerts and in-studio performances by the greatest legends of jazz, filmed all over the world from the 1950s through 1970s. Beautifully transferred from the original masters, none of these concerts has ever been officially released on home video, and in many cases, the material was never broadcast. Each DVD is produced with the full support and cooperation of the artists or their estates.

Quotes

“The release of Jazz Icons™ is like the unearthing of a musical time capsule — an audio-visual treasure trove of the music that changed the world. From Big Band and Bebop to Dixieland and Cool, it's all here and it all swings. These jazz legends, from Dizzy and Count to Louis and Ella, are the Bachs and Beethovens of our generation. From an educational standpoint this series is a gift to our culture. I'm honored to be a featured part of it, but I'm more thrilled just to sit down and watch it with my grandkids.” —Quincy Jones