JAZZ ICONS: DIZZY GILLESPIE LIVE IN '58 AND '70

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Series 1; Featuring Sonny Stitt and Art Farmer

Dizzy Gillespie

Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gilespie features two historic concerts from one of the founding fathers of bebop. Filmed 12 years apart, the 1958 concert features Dizzy working eloquently within the small combo structure of a quintet including with such influential musicians as sax player Sonny Stitt and bassist Ray Brown. The second show focuses on a completely different side of Dizzy, fronting the legendary Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band. With a 16-piece big band to conduct, including two drummers, his Latin influences are revealed on Con Alma and Manteca. Tracks 1-5 filmed in Belgium, 1958. Tracks 6-11 filmed in Denmark in 1970.

The 9 volume Jazz Icons series features classic performances from some of the greatest legends of the past 50 years, captured in their prime in various locations from the 1950s through the 1970s. The DVDs are transferred from the original masters, and each DVD features a 16-page booklet with an essay written by an authoritative jazz historian as well as rare and unseen photos. The series is produced with the full support and cooperation of the artists or their estates, many of whom are contributing rare personal photographs, memorabilia, and forewords. These concerts have never been officially released on home video, and in many cases, the material was never broadcast. We are very proud to present all nine of these DVDs.

"This is like the discovery of a bonanza of previously unknown manuscripts of plays by William Shakespeare." Nat Hentoff, Wall Street Journal.

"These nine historic DVDs are among the most important visual/aural documents to be mined from the ever-yielding, seemingly hidden jazz treasury. Now, most importantly, they are available to the entire world."
Ira Gitler, co-author, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oxford)

"Considering the almost alarming proliferation of jazz DVDs on the market today, and their extremely variable quality, it is good to know that Reelin In The Years can be trusted to bring viewers nothing but the best in content and presentation."
Dan Morgenstern, Director, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University; author, Living With Jazz (Pantheon Books)

Contents

  1. Blues After Dark (Belgium, 1958)
  2. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Belgium, 1958)
  3. Loverman (Belgium, 1958)
  4. Cocktails For Two (Belgium, 1958)
  5. Blues Walk (Belgium, 1958)
  6. Con Alma (Denmark, 1970)
  7. The Brother K (Denmark, 1970)
  8. Now Hear My Meanin (Denmark, 1970)
  9. Manteca (Denmark, 1970)
  10. Let Me Outta Here (Denmark, 1970)
  11. Things Are Here (Denmark, 1970)

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Retail Price: $19.95

Online Sale Price: $17.96

Product Details: DVD (NTSC/ALL-REGION)

85 Minutes

Product Code: 00320617

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