Historic meet-ups for this Sunday. Dizzy Gillespie and Milt Jackson – two legends in Jazz. Joining forces and putting heads together for a gig at the Dewars Jazz Festival in New York city on August 30, 1982.
In the 1980s, Dizzy Gillespie led the United Nations Orchestra. For three years Flora Purim toured with the Orchestra. She credits Dizzy Gillespie with improving her understanding of jazz.
In 1982, Dizzy Gillespie was sought out by Motown musician Stevie Wonder to play his solo in Wonder’s 1982 hit single, “Do I Do”.
On November 26, 1992, Carnegie Hall, following the Second Baháʼí World Congress, celebrated Dizzy Gillespie’s 75th birthday concert and his offering to the celebration of the centenary of the passing of Baháʼu’lláh. Gillespie was to appear at Carnegie Hall for the 33rd time. The line-up included Jon Faddis, James Moody, Paquito D’Rivera, and the Mike Longo Trio with Ben Brown on bass and Mickey Roker on drums. Gillespie was too unwell to attend. “But the musicians played their real hearts out for him, no doubt suspecting that he would not play again. Each musician gave tribute to their friend, this great soul and innovator in the world of jazz.”
Milt Jackson is one of the five most-recorded jazz artists of all time, and is also a noted jazz composer. Several of his compositions have become standards, including “Bags Groove,” “Bluesology,” “The Cylinder” and “Ralph’s New Blues.”
In 1979, Jazzmobile, Inc. saluted Jackson’s forty years as a jazz musician by presenting him in concert at Carnegie Hall. Among the many awards Jackson has won are Esquire magazine’s New Star Award in 1947; the Down Beat magazine Hall of Fame in 1980; the National Music Award and French Bicentennial Award both in 1989; a Lifetime Achievement Award from Trieste, Italy; and an Honorary Doctorate degree from the Berklee College of Music.
On to the show – enjoy and enjoy Sunday.
No play button?
Fixed it!