A concert at Town Hall this week that will be led by Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra celebrates the legacies of Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and Chico O’Farrill. By Ed Morales In the ...
The group at Jazz Standard this week is officially listed as the Jon Faddis Quartet, but the opening announcement on the early show on Wednesday night described it as the Jon Faddis Sextet, and to ...
In Dizzy Gillespie’s autobiography, To Be or Not to Bop, someone asked Chano Pozo, the Black Cuban conguero whose ’40s collaborations with the trumpeter gave birth to modern Latin jazz, how he and ...
Through his trumpet, Arturo Sandoval has broken down borders. And when he appears at the Magic City Casino this Saturday, all the influences that made this legendary trumpeter will be on display: from ...
As renowned jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval prepares for the finale performance of his Blues Alley gig, his thoughts are never far from memories of his mentor, friend and musical colleague, the late ...
Rebellious jazz took flight in Harlem at Minton’s Playhouse, but it was nurtured on the tree-lined streets that gave pioneering Black musicians a home. Dizzy Gillespie during a photo session in ...
Dizzy Gillespie: Livein '58 & '70 (2006), part ofthe Jazz Icons series of DVDs, presents another gem with these two concerts ofDizzy Gillespie. In the earlier date from Belgium, Gillespie is in a ...