Arena - Season 1 Episode 439 : A Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie

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Arena - Season 1 Episode 439 : A Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie
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Title:Arena - Season 1 Episode 439 : A Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie
Genre: Documentary
Air Date: 1993-01-29
Season Number: 1
Episodes Number: 439
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Overview
Elder statesman of jazz and a co-founder of the style that became bebop in the 40s, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie will be remembered by many as the trumpet player with ballooning cheeks and a misshapen horn. His career began in the 30s in Philadelphia, taking him on to New York where he met and jammed with two other young jazz greats, Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk. From these improvisations grew the radical new style that revolutionised jazz. He continued to experiment, and in the latter part of his career he took his music to the developing world, incorporating the sounds he found there into his own work. Arenapays tribute to the trumpeter, composer and bandleader who died earlier this month.
Seasons List
  • Season 1 (687 episode) - October 01, 1975