Alexander Gillespie

This collection of 78 rpm singles, all recorded on June 6, 1950, was released in 1956. Several things distinguish this from numerous other quintet recordings featuring these two bebop pioneers. It was recorded during the period that Parker was working under the aegis of producer Norman Granz, whose preference for large and unusual ensembles was notorious. The end result in this case is a date that sounds very much like those that Parker and Gillespie recorded for Savoy and Dial, except with top-of-the-line production quality. Even more interesting, though, is Parker's choice of Thelonious Monk as pianist.

With Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie is considered one of the three most important trumpeters in the history of jazz, he participated in the creation of the bebop style (with Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke,…) and helped introduce Latin American rhythms in jazz engaging in his orchestra, since 1947, the Cuban percussionist Chano Pozzo. His contribution is considerable. His influence was decisive on musicians such as Miles Davis, fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Dorham and, later, Jon Faddis. He masterfully led several big bands with a great showmanship that allowed generations to "digest" the rhythmic and harmonic complexities of this music.

Bird and Diz is a studio album by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. It was recorded primarily on June 6, 1950 in New York City. Two tracks featured on the original pressing, "Passport" and "Visa", were recorded by Parker, without Gillespie and with a different personnel than that of the other tracks, in March and May 1949. The album was originally issued in 1952 in 10" format as a collection of 78 rpm singles on the Verve subsidiary label Clef Records.

He first met Dizzy Gillespie in 1956 and wrote the extended work quot;Gillespianaquot; for him. While in New York in 1960, he was offered chance to join Gillespie's Quintet as pianist, and over the next two years recorded a number of sessions with Gillespie as well as performing with Gillespie at recorded concerts and club dates, which established his reputation, providing the basis for his becoming a celebrated composer of film music in later years.

Strong new work from Dana Gillespie – a British singer, but one who's always had a love of American roots in her music – way back to when she was just performing as a schoolgirl back in the 60s! Yet somehow along the way, Dana didn't always get the setting that her voice deserved – sometimes records that were too polished, or to commercial – which is definitely not the case here – as Gillespie sings in this moody, mature vibe that really fits her look on the cover – given small group backing headed up by guitarist Jake Zaitz, who also co-produced the record, and wrote most of the songs with Dana too. The whole thing's great – understated, in a way that maybe even brings out more magic in Dana's vocals than she had back in the day – on titles that include "Putting My Dreams On Hold", "Howling Howling", "The Truth About Lying", "We Share The Same Sky", "Beat Of My Own Drum", and "Back In The Day".

Live Jazz - Collection, a Various Artists Compilation. Released 4 April 2023 on BnF Collection.

A debut album is the result of a lifetime of experiences. And James Gillespie's journey has been a life less ordinary.
Born in England but raised in Scotland, his nomadic existence has taken him from everywhere from the Caribbean to Finland. After numerous unlikely adventures the world over, he returned to London with a career in his music his all-or-nothing ambition - and it's beginning to pay off in often unexpected ways. He's performed in front of huge crowds with P!nk, earned the support of Elton John and Radio 1 and accumulated 60 million streams with a fanbase built largely via social media and time-honoured word-of-mouth.

Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and violinist Stuff Smith recorded in 1957.

Produced by Mercury nominated jazz composer Kit Downes, the same unique mix of savvy, sensitivity and wry humour runs through Wishbones as it did on Stalking Juliet (2009), In The Current Climate (2011) and Glory Days (2013). She is backed by a supergroup of the UK's finest jazz players firing on all cylinders across 10 new songs that feel as much like a short story collection as an album.