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The Dizzy Gillespie- All-Star Big Band, is a renowned band featuring the masters of music and formed in the summer of 1998. The big band was formed to pay a homage to late Dizzy Gillespie performing his classic big band repertoire and continue the heritage. John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was a wonderful artist and an amazing personality as well. He was a great performer who left a fabulous record of creations and inspiration behind him. He is remembered as a great composer who gifted a repertoire of musical masterpieces. He is honored as a great and esteemed personality with huge list of friends, colleagues and compatriots.
The four legendary musicians, winner of the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) Jazz Masters Award represent The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. These four masters include James Moody, Jimmy Heath, Slide Hampton and Paquito D'Rivera. Other participating musicians include Frank Wess, Roy Hargrove, Antonio Hart, Claudio Roditi, Douglas Purviance along with the band's Executive Director, John Lee who is a longtime bassist of the band.
Famous as one of the eminent trombonists of all times, Slide has been working frequently with Dizzy. He has been a founding member of Dizzy's United Nation Orchestra. In addition to Dizzy, he is also the director of the "Jazzmasters Big Band". Slide has earned a great name and fame for his perfect arranging skills. Today, he is considered to be one of the finest arrangers in jazz.
James Moody is the oldest and longest serving member of the big band. He has spent a long time and had a nice friendship with Dizzy Gillespie. He joined the big band in 1947 and continued his performance with him un till 1992. He is not only a premier saxophonists in jazz but also a legendary flute player. Moody is famous all over the world his jazz masterpiece "Moody's Mood for Love". Dizzy once said, "Playing with James Moody is like playing with a continuation of myself".
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Jimmy Heath is a multi-talented personality in the big band. He is well known for being a superb instrumentalist, a glorious composer and arranger. He has played with almost all the jazz greats from Howard McGhee, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis to Wynton Marsalis.
Paquito D`Rivera is honored as the most creative Cuban jazz musician in exile. He is famous as one of the finest clarinetists in the world. He has been of the founding member of Dizzy's United Nation Orchestra. In 1997, Paquito's "Portraits of Cuba" won a Grammy award for best Latin Jazz CD.
The band performs the compositions written in mid-1940s to the mid-1950s. Though the arrangements performed are decades old but they don't seem to be as they still charm the audience around the world and challenge contemporary jazz musicians. The compositions performed comes fro the repertoire of Dizzy a well as many other eminent arrangers like, Melba Liston, Quincy Jones, Gil Fuller, Tadd Dameron, Lalo Schifrin and Benny Golson. Slide Hampton and Jimmy Heath have contributed the newer arrangements. The big band arranges its concert while on constant tour around the world.
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Jimmy Heath is a multi-talented personality in the big band. He is well known for being a superb instrumentalist, a glorious composer and arranger. He has played with almost all the jazz greats from Howard McGhee, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis to Wynton Marsalis.
