Dizzy Gillespie

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. Read More

Jazz great John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, one of the greatest trumpet players of all time, will be commemorated with a special concert this weekend at İstanbul's Cemal Reşit Rey (CRR) Concert Hall. The Dizzy Gillespie All Stars, made up of musicians who shared the same stage with Gillespie for many years throughout his career, such as James Moody on tenor sax, Roberta Gambarini on vocals, Greg Gisbert on trumpet, John Lee on bass, Cyrus Chestnut on piano and Vincent Ector on drums, will be onstage at 8 p.m. on Saturday. Read More

The golf tournament that was held in conjunction with the 2009 South Carolina Jazz Festival, successfully raised $500 for the Dizzy Gillespie Scholarship Fund. The Cheraw Rotary Club administers the fund. Read More

Composer/Leader Eugene Marlow's quintet The Heritage Ensemble is devoted to the concert performance of well-known Hebraic liturgical and folksong melodies in various jazz, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, and neo-classical styles. Read More

John Birks “Dizzy" Gillespie, one of the greatest Jazz trumpeters of 20th century and one of the prime architects of the bebop movement in jazz, was born in Cheraw, South Carolina and died in Englewood, New Jersey... Read More

The 13th Annual Brownsville Latin Jazz Festival begins tonight with a tribute to two legends credited with introducing the genre into the United States. Read More

At its best, the Chicago Jazz Ensemble can outplay almost any big band in the country -- including itself. Read More

It will be held at Spring Hill's United Church of Christ on Mariner Boulevard. Read More

As the Jewish Day of Atonement came to a close Monday, worshippers in synagogues around the world heard one last blast of the shofar, the ram's horn. Read More

By his own account, Roy Hargrove spends about two-thirds of his time on the road. Read More