Name: Live in Las Vegas 1963
Brand: Dizzy Gillespie

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

730167338677

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Black

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Format detail

RSD Essential, 180 Gram

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-09-08

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Think­ Indi­e

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Sales:8.875

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Black LP

Artist

Dizzy Gillespie

Genre US

Jazz

Label US

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Dizzy Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer. He is known as "the sound of surprise" and was a key figure in the development of bebop (bop), which laid the foundation for modern jazz. Gillespie taught and influenced many other musicians, including renowned trumpeters such as Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis.

In addition to his contributions to bebop, Gillespie was one of the pioneers of Afro-Cuban (or Latin) jazz. He incorporated complex poly-rhythms into his music and added conga drums to his orchestra in 1947. His innovative approach to blending different musical styles has had a lasting impact on the genre.

Gillespie's career was filled with numerous accolades and achievements. He received awards from prestigious institutions such as Esquire Magazine, the City of New York, Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies, and the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences. He also performed at notable events like the first integrated concert in a public school in Cheraw, SC; a White House Jazz Concert with President Carter; and received honorary degrees from various universities.

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Previously UK RSD 2023, and now an RSD Essential from the US. This concert recording sees its first ever vinyl pressing, 60 years on.  A rare and unique jazz work, pressed on heavyweight black vinyl double album in a gatefold sleeve with Blue Note style artwork. Research / liner notes by American historian and jazz reviewer Scott Yanow, this album features some of Dizzy's best original works performed during the height of his career with the masters transferred and remastered from original analogue tape source. At the time of this recording, Gillespie was close to the halfway point of his career and very much in his musical prime. The quintet featured here began to form when saxophonist Leo Wright joined Gillespie in 1959 and pianist Lalo Schifrin was hired the following year. Bassist Chris White and drummer Rudy Collins became members in 1962. Recorded at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the group explores some of Gillespie’s finest and most famous originals, including ‘Con Alma’ and ‘A Night in Tunisia’. Those famous trumpet breaks will not disappoint. A true stereo recording, transferred from the original analogue tapes.

Live in Las Vegas 1963

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