On February 20th, as part of the month-long Black History celebration, the Harlem School of the Arts will launch an important ...

Harlem School Of The Arts To Launch New Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Academy Honoring The Trumpet Virtuoso And Celebrating His ...

John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was born Oct. 21, 1917 in South Carolina, the youngest of nine children of Lottie and James ...

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, along with Charlie Parker, ushered in the era of Be-Bop in the American jazz tradition. He was born Cheraw, South Carolina, and was the youngest of nine children. He ...

Honoring jazz legends and rebuilding for the future. A century of music, history and resilience lives on in Buffalo's iconic ...

Let's look at this killer sixteenth note blues lick that I transcribed from Dizzy Gillespie and how I went about teaching myself to use it everywhere possible as I work on my jazz improv.

Global Village marks February birthdays of two members of the English Beat - Dave Wakling and Ranking Roger. We’ll also hear ...

On Feb. 9, 1961, Wichita Falls-born alto saxophonist and flutist Leo Wright appeared with Dizzy Gillespie’s quintet in ...