Groovin' High

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"Groovin' High" is a landmark bebop jazz composition and recording that helped define Dizzy Gillespie's innovative style and the bebop movement of the 1940s.

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Groovin' High canonical 2

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instanceOf bebop standard
jazz composition
jazz standard
associatedWith Dizzy Gillespie big band arrangements
basedOn 1920s popular song
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composer Dizzy Gillespie NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
era 1940s
firstRecordedBy Dizzy Gillespie NERFINISHED
form 32-bar song form
AABA form
genre bebop
jazz
hasType contrafact
historicalSignificance helped define Dizzy Gillespie's innovative style
helped define the bebop movement of the 1940s
landmark bebop recording
influenced modern jazz repertoire
isStandardIn bebop jam sessions
jazz education repertoire
key E-flat major
language instrumental
movement bebop movement
notablePerformer Bud Powell NERFINISHED
Charlie Parker NERFINISHED
Dexter Gordon NERFINISHED
Dizzy Gillespie NERFINISHED
Sonny Stitt NERFINISHED
notableRecordingArtist Dizzy Gillespie and His All-Stars NERFINISHED
performancePractice features extended improvisation choruses
often played at fast jam-session tempos
recordingFormat 78 rpm single
styleCharacteristic advanced improvisation
complex harmonies
fast tempos
tempo up-tempo
typicalInstrumentation alto saxophone
double bass
drums
piano
tenor saxophone
trumpet
usesChordChangesOf Whispering NERFINISHED

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Dizzy Gillespie notableWork Groovin' High
John notableWork Groovin' High
subject surface form: John Birks Gillespie