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.
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