Things to Come - Dizzy Gillespie 1968

Here in 1968 we see Dizzy leading his big band and playing a magnificent trumpet solo. There are also solos by pianist Mike Longo and tenor saxophonist Paul Jeffrey.
Dizzy, his band and the arrangements certainly make this into a totally original and fresh sound.
"Dizzy" Gillespie (1917 -- 1993) He was an African-American, Bahá'í jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. Gillespie, with Charlie Parker, was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz.
In addition to featuring in these epochal moments in jazz, he was instrumental in founding Afro-Cuban jazz, the modern jazz version of the "Spanish Tinge". Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and gifted improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic complexity previously unknown in jazz. In addition to his instrumental skills, Dizzy's beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, his scat singing, his bent horn and pouched cheeks, and his light-hearted personality were essential in popularizing bebop, which was originally regarded as threatening and frightening music by many listeners raised on older styles of jazz. He had an enormous impact on virtually every subsequent trumpeter, both by the example of his playing and as a mentor to younger musicians.
He also used a trumpet whose bell was bent at a 45 degree angle rather than a traditional straight trumpet. This was originally the result of accidental damage, but the constriction caused by the bending altered the tone of the instrument, and Gillespie liked the effect.

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• bebop
• jazz
• dizzy
• gillespie

[PeterKarlReilly]

why did essentially ellington pick this chart? why?

[nanoboti]

My life changed in 3:23

[hellraidzor]

difficulty level : dizzy gillespie

[jarethroxmysox]

@greencurrycamo

Dude.

CHILL.

All that jjcantu86 said was that the bass player looked like eddie murphy. Does it make me a racist bastard if I say some one looks like george clooney? Or I say that someone looks like Yao Ming? Last time I checked it didn't... so chill man. Dizzy wouldn't want you to fight over something stupid like that.

[MrLukeimurdad6]

dude im playing this for essentially ellington, the vibe solo is completely insane

[zacmusicality]

I know this tune is a suicide mission

[lonislonisloins]

Why is my jazz band trying to do this?

[jjcantu86]

@greencurrycamo what? no man not saying that at all. guess I phrased it wrong the way I wrote it but I meant no disrespect. and I'm not racist at all, I respect everyone regardless of what they look like. it's the inside that counts. I just caught a glimpse of the bass player and thought he looked like Eddie Murphy for some reason when the camera starts zooming out @ 3:12 that's all

[slowgold20]

playing this in jazz band... its insane :D