Dizzy Gillespie Big Band

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big band jazz orchestra musical ensemble

The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band was a pioneering jazz orchestra led by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, renowned for its innovative bebop and Afro-Cuban jazz arrangements.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dizzy Gillespie Big Band canonical 2
Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra 1
Dizzy Gillespie's band 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf big band ⓘ
jazz orchestra ⓘ
musical ensemble ⓘ
activePeriod 1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
associatedWith Chano Pozo ⓘ
George Russell ⓘ
Gil Fuller ⓘ
James Moody ⓘ
John Lewis ⓘ
Kenny Clarke ⓘ
Lalo Schifrin ⓘ
Milt Jackson ⓘ
Quincy Jones ⓘ
Ray Brown ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre Afro-Cuban jazz ⓘ
bebop ⓘ
modern jazz ⓘ
hasMember rhythm section ⓘ
saxophone section ⓘ
trombone section ⓘ
trumpet section ⓘ
hasNotableRecording Cubana Be, Cubana Bop ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra recordings ⓘ
Manteca ⓘ
Two Bass Hit ⓘ
surface form: One Bass Hit

Things to Come ⓘ
influenced Latin jazz ensembles ⓘ
modern big band arranging ⓘ
influencedBy Afro-Cuban music ⓘ
swing era big bands ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
leader Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
notableFor Afro-Cuban jazz arrangements ⓘ
innovative bebop arrangements ⓘ
partOf Dizzy Gillespie discography ⓘ
performedAt Carnegie Hall ⓘ
New York jazz clubs ⓘ
recordLabel RCA Victor ⓘ
Savoy Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
styleCharacteristic complex harmonies ⓘ
fast tempos ⓘ
integration of Afro-Cuban rhythms ⓘ
intricate horn arrangements ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ray Brown → associatedAct → Dizzy Gillespie Big Band ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie → memberOf → Dizzy Gillespie Big Band ⓘ
John Coltrane → memberOf → Dizzy Gillespie Big Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dizzy Gillespie's band
Chano Pozo → memberOf → Dizzy Gillespie Big Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra