Dizzy Gillespie, July 9, 1946

[Lazaro Vega]

Have you listened to Dizzy Gillespie's big band music of the 1940's? On July 9, 1946 Dizzy Gillespie's orchestra recorded one of the most hair raising big band recordings ever, Gil Fuller's adaptation of the small band composition called "Bebop" as "Things To Come." Here's John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie's Reunion Big Band performing the piece in Berlin, 1968 (starts about 50 seconds in): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1d3qeV-Ns4. And to hear Jazz From Blue Lake's broadcast of the original recording, please join us on demand through this link: http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20150709.mp3

 

Edited July 10, 2015 by Lazaro Vega