Dizzy Gillespie

Jazz: Season 1: Episode 8 -- The postwar years bring prosperity, but the Cold War threat makes these anxious years as well. In jazz, this underlying tension will be reflected in bebop, and in the troubled life of it's biggest star, Charlie Parker. Dizzy Gillespie, tries to popularize the new sound by adding showmanship and Latin rhythms, while pianist Thelonius Monk infuses it with his eccentric personality to create a music all his own. Dave Brubeck mixes jazz with classical music to produce a million-seller LP. But one man remains determined to give jazz popular appeal on his own terms, the trumpet player Miles Davis.

Jazz: Season 1: Episode 7 -- When America enters World War II, jazz is part of the arsenal. Bandleaders like Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw enlist, taking their swing to the troops overseas. Many black Americans, segregated at home and in uniform, find themselves fighting for liberties their own country denies them. In a Harlem club called Minton's Playhouse, a small band of young musicians, led by Dizzy Gillespie and the saxophonist Charlie Parker, has discovered a new way of playing - fast, intricate, exhilarating, and sometimes chaotic. The sound will soon be called 'bebop' and once Americans hear it, jazz will never be the same.

Documentary explores the many sides of the legendary musician-composer- arranger-producer. Many celebrity appearances!

Quincy Jones narrates this tribute to America's indigenous art form: Jazz. Present day conversations and never before seen footage of jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Marian McPartland, Count Bassie and many more.

A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba movie trailer - starring Dizzy Gillespie. Directed by John Holland. Genre: Documentary Rating: Not Rated

To be completely honest, my sixth grade math teacher used the word ganas (Spanish for desire ) to inspire us to be the best students we could be (and he did a fine job, considering one of his supremely dorky students invited him onto My Favorite Teacher Week on Wheel Of Fortune). But as great as Mr. Howe was, he was no Jaime Escalante, a tiny, hyperactive Hispanic cherub who loved math so hard (and who also used the word ganas to inspire students) (hmm coincidence???), he appeared in a PSA on the subject. And somehow, he tapped Bill Cosby, Teri Garr, Marla Gibbs, Joe Piscopo, Paula Poundstone, and Dizzy Gillespie to chime in on the subject in what is quite possibly the best P.S.A. ever. You can t get off on math. Marla Gibbs Thanks for the tip, Michael!

Thomas Edison invented the electric lightbulb in 1789, Guggenheim Museum open in 1959. Born: Dizzy Gillespie, Carrie Fisher, Kim Kardashian.

The trailer for A Drummer's Dream which will make its World Premiere at the 2010 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Seven of the world s master drummers blow the roof off the barn and the ducks out of the water when they gather on a remote farm in Ontario cottage country to inspire young musicians to connect with the powerful rhythms of nature. Featuring Nasyr Abdul Al-Khabyyr, Dennis Chambers, Kenwood Dennard, Horacio El-Negro Hernadez, Giovanni Hidalgo, Mike Mangini and Raul Rekow, the film dishes up a rich stew of mind-blowing performances in rock, jazz, Latin, fusion, and soul. They teach, joke, learn how to canoe, swap road stories and tales about musicians they ve played with (musicians like Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Carlos Santana), and share a profound musical philosophy driven by love, compassion, and the joy of life. A final jam session with all of the drummers and students, and even the film s director, is transcendent with a joy that will leave you exhilarated for days to come.

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