Posts Tagged Dizzy Gillespie
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May 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Mickey Roker
It was sad to hear of the passing of the great jazz drummer, Mickey Roker. He was 84, he died of natural causes, he played drums his entire adult life – Roker worked with so many of the greats. He was a force, as a progressive bop drummer, as a legendary sideman. I have records […]Archive
September 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 630
Dizzy Gillespie, Salle Pleyel Concert (Vol.2) (1956) A wee taster really, a little soupçon – it’s volume two of a concert, just an EP’s worth – I found it at a store in Sydney recently; I was buying up a few singles and just decided to chuck this in the pile. I’ve got other Dizzy […]Archive
October 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 808
V/A, Chill Pill Vol. 1 (?) It looks like one of those not-quite-legal bootleg-jobs, a compilation (well chosen) of funk and soul cuts, a bit of soul-jazz here, some forgotten blues or gospel there…one minute it’s Minnie Riperton next it’s Stanley Turrentine – chuck in some Quincy Jones, some Donald Byrd, some Dizzy Gillespie…well, shit, […]Archive
November 26, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1741
Dizzy Gillespie, Digital At Montreux, 1980 (1981) I bought this for $1 because it was Dizzy Gillespie and Bernard Purdie and Toots Thielemans. I knew all of the players and I couldn’t see it working – so I was curious. Also the album is red vinyl and I thought that was fucking cool. This was […]Archive
July 29, 2011 by Simon Sweetman