Thelonius Monk Live in Europe 1964

Thelonious Monk, uno dei più grandi pianisti e compositori jazz, nasce il 10 ottobre 1917 a Rocky Mount, NC e agli esordi viene definito un eccentrico. Negli anni ’40 scrive famosi standard come “Epi

Wes Montgomery – Impressions (1965)

Well, a video of great great Wes. In this one playing John Coltrane’s Impressions.

Wes Montgomery (guitar, of course…)
Harold Mabern (piano)
Arthur Harper (contrabass, upright bass, double bass…w

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet – Tin Tin Deo

Dizzy Gillespie(tp)
James Moody(as.flt)
Kenny Barron(d)
Christopher Wesley White(b)
Rudy Collins(ds)

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie – Hot House (1952)

Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie perform Hot House on U.S. television, 1952.

Personnel:

Charlie Parker – alto sax
Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
Dick Hyman – piano
Sandy Block – bass
Charlie Smith – dr

Dizzy Gillespie – “Salt Peanuts” – 1947

Dizzy played for Lucky Millinder’s band in the early ’40s. It was a riff this band played, after a Dizzy solo in the tune “Little John Special”, that Dizzy developed into his tune “Salt Peanuts”.

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Dizzy Gillespie & Louis Armstrong – Umbrella Man

Jazz trumpet greats Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie performing Umbrella Man.

Mundell Lowe with Earl May – True Blue

http://www.billytaylorjazz.net presents Mundell Lowe with Billy Taylor’s Trio performing True Blue, featuring Earl May on bass and Ed Thigpen on drums.

BORN IN LAUREL, Mississippi, Mundell left home

Stan Getz – My Shining Hour

Stan Getz with John Williams and the Boston Pops.
piano Bob Winter, bass John Lockwood drums
Grady Tate