Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie – Dizzy Gillespie & Friends: Concert of the Century – A Tribute to Charlie Parker (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:00:12 minutes | 739 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Justin Time Records Inc.

On Nov 24th, 1980, Dizzy Gillespie invited 5 jazz legends – Milt Jackson, James Moody, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, & Philly Joe Jones – to join him onstage in Montreal to play tribute to the legendary Charlie Parker. A limited quantity bootleg LP of the concert soon appeared and then disappeared from the marketplace and the tapes lay dormant for over 30 years. The pristinely restored “Concert of the Century” is now available on audiophile 180 gram 2LP vinyl and CD via the Justin Time Essentials Collection.

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Dizzy Gillespie – Cognac Blues (1952-1953) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:47 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952-1953 is a compilation album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring performances recorded in 1952 and 1953 and originally released on the French Blue Star label. Many of the tracks were first released as 78 rpm records and re-released in the US as albums on the Atlantic and Fontana labels such as Dizzy at Home and Abroad and Dizzy Gillespie and His Operatic Strings Orchestra.

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Dizzy Gillespie – 1941 (Minton’s Playhouse & Monroe’s Uptown, New York City) (1952/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 34:07 minutes | 501 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Esoteric Records

This legacy release from Esoteric records features the Jazz giants Dizzy Gillespie and Charley Christian, recorded at legendary NYC venues Minton’s Playhouse & Monroe’s Uptown! A piece of historical record for fans and collectors!

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Dizzy Gillespie – Legend Songbook (Remastered Legacy) (1945)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 40:39 minutes | 399 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RLS Imperial

John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie, along with Charlie Parker, ushered in the era of Bebop in the American jazz tradition. He was born Cheraw, South Carolina, and was the youngest of nine children. He began playing piano at the age of four and received a music scholarship to the Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina. Most noted for his trademark “swollen cheeks,” Gillespie admitted to copying the style of trumpeter Roy Eldridge early in his career.
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Dizzy Gillespie – 20th and 30th Anniversary (Live) (1969/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:25 minutes | 947 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © MPS

November 7, 1968 went down as a special date in the history of the Berlin Jazz Days, which is full of highlights. On this memorable evening, Dizzy Gillespie visited the city on the Spree, which in itself was a cause for joy for every jazz fan, as the incomparable trumpeter was one of the few remaining constants in modern jazz at the time.

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Dizzy Gillespie – Bebop Story, Vol 3, 1946-47 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:05:21 minutes | 637 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Vintage Recordings

John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie (/ɡɪˈlɛspi/; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz. His combination of musicianship, showmanship, and wit made him a leading popularizer of the new music called bebop. His beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, scat singing, bent horn, pouched cheeks, and light-hearted personality provided one of bebop’s most prominent symbols.

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Dizzy Gillespie – Bebop Story, Vol 4, 1947-50 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:12:02 minutes | 772 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Vintage Recordings

John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie (/ɡɪˈlɛspi/; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz. His combination of musicianship, showmanship, and wit made him a leading popularizer of the new music called bebop. His beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, scat singing, bent horn, pouched cheeks, and light-hearted personality provided one of bebop’s most prominent symbols.

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