Dizzy Gillespie and The United Nations Or Live at the Royal Festival Hall, (CD)

Description: This CD features the talented Dizzy Gillespie performing live at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The album showcases Gillespie's mastery of the trumpet and his unique blend of jazz and bebop styles. The CD comes with two discs and is in very good (VG) condition. The release, which was recorded in 1990 and reissued in 2019, includes classic tracks such as "Manteca" and "A Night in Tunisia." The CD is housed in a standard jewel case that is in excellent (EX) condition, while the inlay is in good (G) condition. This is a must-have for any jazz or Dizzy Gillespie fan. "Dizzy Gillespie is one of the chosen few of jazz - original. More that 40 years ago, in a near-symbiotic relationship with Charlie Parker, he created a new and fresh harmonic and rhythmic vocabulary for jazz which has remained the touchstone until this day. Add to this the warmtn and effervescence of his personality, his triumphs as a global ambassador of jazz, his willingness to share his vast knowledge with generations of younger mu-sicians, and his unquenchably youthful spirit, and you have one of the true giants of 20th Century American music...-Dan Morgenstern, DirectorInstitute of Jazz StudiesRutgers UniversityJOHN BIRKS "DIZZY" GILLESPIEFew artists have been blessed with such uncommon gifts of genius, force of personality, and endurance that they have dominated their chosen art forms for more than half a century Along with an elite group of preeminent artists - among them, Pablo Picasso, Vladimir Horowitz, Duke Ellington, Martha Graham, and Sir Laurence Olivier — John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie enjoys such distinction.It is doubtful, however, that any of these artists, in the four years following celebration of their seventieth birthday, gave more than 1,000 performances in 50 countries on 6 continents.Dizzy Gillespie criss-crosses the world as perhaps its most"frequent flyer."forefront of 20th Century contemporary music. As virtuoso musician, pioneer and innovator, composer, arranger, bandleader, raconteur, consummate entertainer and cultural ambassador extraordinaire, Mr. Gillespie has distinguished himself as one of the truly immortal figures in the history of America's "classical music."1990 was, without question, one of the most extraordinary years in Mr. Gillespie's remarkable career. On December 2, he received the Kennedy Center Honors, America's most prestigious public recognition of an artist's lifetime contributions in the performing arts. ORDER BEFORE 2 PM CENTRAL - SAME DAY SHIPPINGPRMCD243

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