Dizzy Gillespie News

Combining jazz and Latin American rhythms is nothing new. It's a tradition that dates back to the 1940s, in the landmark pairing of trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and percussionist Chano Pozo, among others.

Andrew A. High, Jr., a retired Whitmer High School teacher who loved jazz and Shakespeare, died in his West Toledo home Tuesday of complications of Parkinson's disease.

Coleman Hawkins with Dizzy Gillespie in 1960: Man, whatchu looking at? My boss readily admits that she doesn't know a whole lot about jazz.

The innovative jazz education website PlayJazzNow.com has just released a new series of downloadable backing tracks.

Grammy-winning vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater, Janis Siegel, and Al Jarreau are featured in this all-star celebration of the music of Ella Fitzgerald, with the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Antonio Hart, music director.

Jazz vocalist Vicki Burns and Master guitarist, Ed MacEachen join forces for a debut performance of a new duo at The Uno Chicago Grill in the Parkchester area of the Bronx.

Celia Malheiros Saturday, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m. Come celebrate the new CD release of Celia Malheiros, brazilian singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist and the tRIO.

Bebop was considered a radical departure for jazz music during its formation in the 1940s and 1950s, pioneered by drummer Max Roach , Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie among others.

Lawrence University's Fred Sturm didn't have to look far to find talent for the school's annual Jazz Celebration Weekend.

As a jazz musician, Byron Stripling has done it all. Stripling, featured artist at the Xavier Masters of Swing Series concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

Admission: $18; $8 for students. Location: Workshops are free at Frick Fine Arts Building, Schenley Drive Details: 412-394-3353 Election results Bob Karlovits can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7852. For guitarist Yotam Silberstein, appearing at the Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert is simply an event he cannot pass up.

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Eisenhower Auditorium was filled with swinging jazz on Wednesday, Oct. 28, as the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band hit the stage in the name of late jazz trumpet master.

"The rhythm section is the essence of every style of music," the late Max Roach told me back in 1992.

For nearly 17 years now, Dizzy Gillespie has been living up to his signature tune, "Groovin' High." Or maybe I should say he's groovin' on high -- in heaven.

Original music composed and arranged by drummer Robby Ameen featuring John Beasley, Wayne Krantz, Lincoln Goines, Conrad Herwig, Brian Lynch and Richie Flores.

When: 7 to 10 p.m. Old Cold Tater plays several acoustic genres including Fiddle Music, Bluegrass, Swing, Celtic and Root Cellar Waltzes, creating an evening of entertainment in the restaurant's recently acoustically refurbished dining room.

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Cheraw's annual South Carolina Jazz Festival, Oct. 16-18, is one unique annual event, combined with much community effort.

Singer Amanda Carr will perform tonight at Scullers Jazz Club in Allston. "Common Thread,'' the new CD recorded by Amanda Carr and the Kenny Hadley Big Band, features two artists who have taken highly individual paths to their shared love for big band music.