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Tag "Jazz music"

tag name: Jazz music type: Arts
web link: Jazz_music
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz
related tags: - Music

"Jazz music" appears in:

1.   from the main catalog (4 results; less)

  1. Barry Kernfeld. Gillespie, Dizzy (2000). Gillespie (1917-1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer; his acceptance of the Bahá'í Faith is briefly mentioned. 
  2. Alyn Shipton. Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie (2001). Roughly 2-3 page excerpt from book.
  3. Brad Pokorny. Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie, by Alyn Shipton: Review (1999-07).
  4. Bahá'í World News Service. Hearing "The Divinity in the Music": Dizzy Gillespie Remembered at 100 (2017-10-06). Reflections on the life of Gillespie and how his Baha’i beliefs seemed to inspire and drive his work. Includes photographs.

2.   from the Chronology (2 results; less)

  1. 1993-01-06
      The passing of John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (b. 21 October 1917, Cheraw, South Carolina). He was buried next to his mother in Flushing Cemetery, New York. [VV141]
    • His autobiography was entitled "To Be, or Not...to Bop".
    • He had become a Bahá'í in 1968 at the age of 51.
    • See Bahá'í World 1994-95 pg251 for an article by Anne Boyles entitled "The Language of the Heart: Arts in the Bahá'í World Community" for mention of Dizzy Gillespie.
    • Find a grave
  2. 2020-03-23 — The passing of prominent jazz musician Mike Longo. He had a distinguished jazz career as a pianist, composer, and educator, notably as longtime musical director for fellow Bahá'í Dizzy Gillespie. He died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. The cause of death was COVID-19. [Live Stream WBGO 23 March 2020]
 
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