In 1956, Dizzy Gillespie led one of the Cold War’s most influential cultural missions — the U.S. State Department’s jazz goodwill tour.

His trumpet was bent, his on-stage antics were quirky and unpredictable, but Dizzy Gillespie’s impact on jazz was straight-laced and undeniable. One of the fathers of the bebop movement, Gillespie ...

Charleston Jazz artist Duda Lucena, Dizzy Gillespie profile, Patrick Davis Group. This week on Palmetto Scene is all about jazz. Charleston has always been a city with deep roots to jazz music and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When the concert to celebrate the centennial of jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald is billed in part as 100 Years, 1,000 Memories, it feels ...

American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer Dizzy Gillespie was a true pioneer. Gillespie scaled the heights with harmonic and rhythmic innovations in the 1940s that played a key role in ...

Back in the mid-80's on National Public Radio (NPR) in America, a show ran called Sidran On Record. Presented by Ben Sidran, a musician, author, lecturer and journalist, the show featured interviews ...

Calling all Jazz buffs! We are pleased to bring you Dizzy Gillespie and His Jazz Giants as they perform at Magnolia Gardens as part of Spoleto 1984! Band members include greats Jon Hendrick, J.C.

When the concert to celebrate the centennial of jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald is billed in part as 100 Years, 1,000 Memories, it feels right to start this story with one of those ...

This Smithsonian Snapshot celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month with American jazz legend John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie’s trumpet. In the 1940s, Gillespie, renowned for his harmonic complexity and scat ...

2024 has more than proven to be an intense political year as the country has faced the assassination attempt of one candidate and then the withdrawal of another just four months before the polls open ...