Read Books Online and Download eBooks, EPub, PDF, Mobi, Kindle, Text Full Free.
John Birks Dizzy Gillespie
Download John Birks Dizzy Gillespie full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online John Birks Dizzy Gillespie ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Download or read book Dizzy written by Donald L. Maggin and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2006-03-28 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dizzy Gillespie secured his place in the jazz pantheon as one of the most expressive and virtuosic improvisers in the history of music. More important is that he was one of its great innovators. As a primary creator of the bebop and Afro-Cuban revolutions, he twice changed the way improvisation was fundamentally done. And by combining electrifying musicianship, infectious warmth, and rare comedic skills, he achieved a worldwide popularity few jazz musicians have ever enjoyed. This is the enthralling saga of Dizzy Gillespie -- a chronicle of the rise of a jazz genius from the lowest rung of the social order to the highest pinnacle of respect and ability that brings Harlem's golden after-hours era, the raucous 52nd Street scene, of the forties, the barrios of Havana and Rio, the White House, and the world's great concert halls to glorious life.
Download or read book Groovin' High written by Alyn Shipton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-07-19 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most important and best-loved musicians in jazz history. With his horn-rimmed glasses, goatee, jive talk, and upraised trumpet bell, he was the hipster who most personified bebop. The musical heir to Louis Armstrong, he created the modern jazz trumpet-playing style and dazzled aficionados and popular audiences alike for over 50 years. In this first full biography, Alyn Shipton covers all aspects of Dizzy's remarkable life and career, taking us through his days as a flashy trumpet player in the swing bands of the 1930s, his innovative bebop work in the 1940s, the worldwide fame and adoration he earned through his big band tours in the 1950s, and the many recordings and performances which defined a career that extended into the early 1990s. Along the way, Shipton convincingly argues that Gillespie--rather than Charlie Parker as is widely believed--had the greatest role in creating bebop, playing in key jazz groups, teaching the music to others, and helping to develop the first original bebop repertory. Shipton also explores the dark side of Dizzy's mostly sunny personal life, his womanizing, the illegitimate daughter he fathered and supported--now a respected jazz singer in her own right--and his sometimes needless cruelty to others. For anyone interested in jazz and one of its most innovative and appealing figures, Groovin' High is essential reading.
Book Synopsis John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie by : Susan Engle
Download or read book John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie written by Susan Engle and published by Change Maker. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was a jazz musician who pioneered the style of bebop in the 1940s. This book chronicles Dizzy's life, starting with his childhood in Cheraw, South Carolina and the racial prejudice he faced during this time. The book then recounts how one of Dizzy's teachers saw his talent and encouraged him to play trumpet and how this playing provided an escape from the constant racial prejudice surrounding him and his family. The reader then learns how Dizzy got his start as a musician in the Teddy Hill Band, the impact he made on jazz and bebop, and the many travels around the world Dizzy made before his passing on January 6, 1993. After finishing this book, the reader will gain an appreciation of the legacy of Dizzy Gillespie and the impact he made on jazz, bebop, and music as a whole"--
Download or read book Dizzy written by Lee E. Tanner and published by Pomegranate Communications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this volume, Lee Tanner pays homage to Dizzy Gillespie in his seventy-fifth year, examining his career from the 1940s to the present." --Page [2] of cover.
Download or read book Dizzy Gillespie written by Mary Boone and published by Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie (October 21, 1917–January 6, 1993) was one of the most recognizable and popular figures in American jazz history. The youngest of nine children, Gillespie owed much of his success to an elementary school teacher who worked to harness his energy and anger by recruiting him for the school band—and he was hooked. His dedication and talent helped him mature into one of the country’s best trumpet players. In the 1940s, the trumpet virtuoso and respected improviser teamed up with musician Charlie Parker to lay the foundations for bebop. His beret, horn–rimmed glasses, bent horn, puffed-out cheeks, and sense of humor made him a fan favorite throughout his sixty–year career as a musical innovator, mentor, and cultural ambassador.
Download or read book Dizzy Gillespie written by Tony Gentry and published by Holloway House Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 70 pages of illustrations, this new addition to the Melrose Square Black American Series recounts the life of one of the originators of bebop and founders of modern jazz.
Book Synopsis Dizzy Gillespie: His Life and Times by : Barry McRae
Download or read book Dizzy Gillespie: His Life and Times written by Barry McRae and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2012-04-11 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and times of Dizzy Gillespie
Download or read book Music Is Forever written by Dave Usher and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Music Is Forever: Dizzy Gillespie, the Jazz Legend and Me, Dave Usher, white and Jewish, tells the story of how he, at age 14, met the jazz giant, a black man who practiced the Baha'i Faith, and forged a 50-year friendship. During those years, Dave Usher helped produce Dizzy's records, and traveled the world with him. The book saves some important jazz history and gives us important insights into Dizzy the musician and Dizzy the man. The book is praised on the back cover by three acclaimed jazz critics, Nat Hentoff, Doug Ramsey, and Alyn Shipton. Hentoff says, "All of Dizzy is here in this book." Shipton declares, ..".Usher offers us a very personal view into the life of one of America's best loved entertainers and jazz musicians." Ramsey states Usher, ..".tells the story with warmth, humor and detail that further illuminate not only the great trumpeter's genius but also his humanity."
Download or read book Current Housing Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dizzy Gillespie: the Bebop Years, 1937-1952 by : Ken Vail
Download or read book Dizzy Gillespie: the Bebop Years, 1937-1952 written by Ken Vail and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jazz Itineraries series, a new format based on Ken Vail's successful Jazz Diaries, charts the careers of famous jazz musicians, listing club and concert appearances with details of recording sessions and movie appearances. Copiously illustrated with contemporary photographs, newspaper extracts, record and performance reviews, ads and posters, the series provides fascinating insight into the lives of the greatest jazz musicians of our times. No.1 in the series, Dizzy Gillespie: The Bebop Years 1937?1952, chronicles Dizzy's life from his early struggles, through the birth of bebop, the demise of his first big band, up to his departure for France in 1952.
Download or read book Dizzy written by Dizzy Gillespie and published by W H Allen. This book was released on 1980 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis To be or not to bop by : Dizzy Gillespie
Download or read book To be or not to bop written by Dizzy Gillespie and published by . This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Birks «Dizzy» Gillespie, el individuo que aquí nos habla, consiguió muchas cosas a lo largo de su venturosa existencia, pero tres de ellas fueron espectaculares: como trompetista cambió para siempre el registro sonoro de su instrumento, como inventor sacudió los cimientos de la música contemporánea (bebop mediante) y como excelentísimo bufón supo enmascarar la trascendencia de todo lo anterior bajo la muy saludable careta de la risa. Dicho de otro modo, se sublevó a mandíbula batiente. En este libro se conjuga el relato del propio héroe con los testimonios de quienes lo trataron a lo largo del tiempo desde su infancia en Carolina del Sur hasta sus años de venerable pontificado, pasando, naturalmente, por el estruendo del bebop, el jolgorio de las big bands y las infusiones con ritmos afrocubanos. Al Fraser entrevista a muchos colegas de Gillespie, entre ellos a Miles Davis, Billy Eckstine, Cab Calloway, Mary Lou Williams o Kenny Clarke. Dizzy, por su parte, examina su relación con algunas eminencias del oficio: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton o el legendario (y en este caso inevitable) Charlie Parker. Lo que aquí asoma es el autorretrato de un hombre entregado por completo a su obra que contempla la vida (e incluso el futuro del planeta) con un sentido del humor tan pertinaz como irreverente. Pero To Be or Not to Bop es también una historia oral de la música negra estadounidense durante una época incendiaria y festiva.
Download or read book Groovin' High written by Alyn Shipton and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most important and best loved musicians in jazz history. With his dark glasses, goatee, jive talk, and upraised trumpet bell, he was the hipster who most personified bebop. The musical heir to Louis Armstrong, he created the basic jazz trumpet-playing style and dazzled aficionados and popular audiences alike for over 50 years. In this first full biography, Alyn Shipton covers all aspects of Dizzy's remarkable life and career, taking us through his days as a flashy trumpet player in the swing bands of the 1930s, his innovative bebop work in the 1940s, the worldwide fame and adoration he earned through his big band tours in the 1950s, and the many recordings and performances which defined a career that extended into the early 1990s. Along the way, Shipton convincingly argues that Gillespie--rather than Charlie Parker as is widely believed--had the greatest role in creating bebop, playing in key jazz groups, teaching the music to others, and helping to develop the first original bebop repertory. Shipton traces the Gillespie-Parker relationship, starting in the bands of Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine in the early 1940s, to their famous 1944-46 group that set the form for bebop, and culminating in their extraordinary concert at Massey Hall in Toronto in 1953. Shipton also explores the dark side of Dizzy's mostly sunny personal life, his womanizing, the illegitimate daughter he fathered and supported--now a respected jazz singer in her own right--and his sometimes needless cruelty to others. For anyone interested in jazz and one of its most innovative and appealing figures, Groovin' High is essential reading.
Download or read book Dizzy written by Dizzy Gillespie and published by Quartet Books (UK). This book was released on 1982 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dizzy Gillespie written by Barry McRae and published by Spellmount, Limited Publishers. This book was released on 1988 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dizzy Gillespie and the Be-bop Revolution by : Raymond Horricks
Download or read book Dizzy Gillespie and the Be-bop Revolution written by Raymond Horricks and published by Spellmount, Limited Publishers. This book was released on 1984 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dizzy Gillespie established himself with the big bands of Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald and Earl Hines, before spearheading the bebop era in the company of Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk. One of the great trumpet virtuosi of jazz, he has played andrecorded with most of the big names in jazz over the past fifty years. His natural extrovert humour and personal warmth has endeared him to generations of fans worldwide.
Book Synopsis Moving to Higher Ground by : Wynton Marsalis
Download or read book Moving to Higher Ground written by Wynton Marsalis and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2009-09-08 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this beautiful book, Pulitzer Prize—winning musician and composer Wynton Marsalis draws upon lessons he’s learned from a lifetime in jazz–lessons that can help us all move to higher ground. With wit and candor he demystifies the music that is the birthright of every American and demonstrates how a real understanding of the central idea of jazz–the unique balance between self-expression and sacrifice for the common good exemplified on the bandstand–can enrich every aspect of our lives, from the bedroom to the boardroom, from the schoolroom to City Hall. Along the way, Marsalis helps us understand the life-changing message of the blues, reveals secrets about playing–and listening–and passes on wisdom he has gleaned from working with three generations of great musicians. Illuminating and inspiring, Moving to Higher Ground is a master class on jazz and life, conducted by a brilliant American artist.
