Gillespie masters band's challenge

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: August 21, 1987| Author: | Copyright information

Dizzy Gillespie never learned that art is supposed to be serious business.

On the basis of his musical credentials alone, the trumpeter belongs in the first rank of jazz giants: as a composer, an improvisor, a bebop trailblazer and an explorer of Afro-Cuban rhythmic internationalism. Even so, he remains known even more for his personality than his playing. He's the archetypal bebop hipster, the master of the irrepressible jive. A lot of folks probably figure that John Birks Gillespie was born Dizzy.

While his current stint at the Jazz Showcase, 636 S. Michigan - which continues ...

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