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London Jazz Festival: Dizzy Gillespie Alumni Big Band
Alyn Shipton introduces a concert by a big band co-led by trumpeter Jon Faddis and bassist John Lee , celebrating the music and spirit of the great trumpeter and bebop innovator Dizzy Gillespie , who died in 1993. The stellar line-up includes trombonist Slide Hampton and saxophonists Jimmy Heath ,
James Moody and Frank Wess. Recorded at the Barbican in London earlier this month.

Contributors

Introduces:
Alyn Shipton
Unknown:
Jon Faddis
Bassist:
John Lee
Unknown:
Dizzy Gillespie
Unknown:
Slide Hampton
Unknown:
Jimmy Heath
Unknown:
James Moody
Unknown:
Frank Wess.

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