Dizzy "Diz" Gillespie Still Ranks Amongst The Greatest

New York Beacon, The | May 22, 2002| | Copyright

Thomas, Don
New York Beacon, The
05-22-2002
Say "Jazz trumpet" to even the most casual Jazz fan, and the name Dizzy
"Diz" Gillespie will be one of the first responses. A half century after
expanding the parameters of bebop by fusing Jazz and Afro-Cuban rhythms,
Dizzy still ranks as one of the greatest - it not the greatest - trumpeters
in the history of Jazz. His intuitive understanding of the genre's
limitless possibilities made him not only a brilliant artist but a great
bandleader as well.

Almost a decade after Dizzy's death, the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Star
Big Band - an elite corps that ...

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