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  1. Carter, Gillespie Inc.

    Seems unlikely they incorporated for this release. :-)

    Part of the very enjoyable Pablo re-release series from Analogue Productions, this has two greats from different eras—Benny Carter (alto) and Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet)—playing with Tommy Flanagan (piano), Joe Pass (guitar), Al McKibbon (bass), and Micky Roker (drums).

    A mix of styles and tempos from this sextet, and a nice listen.

    #nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #swing #bop #DizzyGillespie #BennyCarter #TommyFlanagan

  2. ✨ 💖💕🌹💐💖 💙💜💖🦋🌺💜🎼 🎶 🎸 Now playing Sarah Vaughan - Interlude 🛍️ 🌑 🔔 LP Vinyl Analogue version 🎹 📚 📖 🎻🎻 🎼 🎶 ✨ 💖💕🌹💐💖 💙💜💖🦋

    Sarah Vaughan & Her All-Stars

    Interlude

    Night In Tunisia

    Continental Label Records 1944

    • Night in Tunisia is a musical composition written by Dizzy Gillespie in 1942 while he was playing with the Earl Hines Band

    Night in Tunisia is a Jazz standard

    It is also known as "Interlude", under which title it was recorded (with lyrics) by Sarah Vaughan and Anita O'Day.
    Gillespie himself called the tune Night in Tunisia

    Although the song is sometimes titled "A Night in Tunisia", the proper title is Night in Tunisia

    • The complex bass line in the "A section" is notable for avoiding the standard walking bass pattern of straight quarter notes, and the use of oscillating half-step-up/half-step-down chord changes gives the song a unique, mysterious feeling
    • Like many of Gillespie's tunes, it features a short written introduction and a brief interlude that occurs between solo sections — in this case, a twelve-bar sequence leading into a four-bar break for the next soloist.

    • Sarah Vaughan and Her All-Stars

    • Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet)

    • Aaron Sachs (clarinet)

    • Georgie Auld (tenor Sax)

    • Jack Lesberg (Double Bass)

    • Chuck Wayne (guitar)

    • Piano/Producer: Leonard Feather (piano)

    • Morey Feld (drums)

    • Recorded in New York City December 31 1944 (Continental Label Records)

    Interlude

    Lyrics

    I lived in a dream for a moment
    We'd loved in a midnight solitude
    But I never knew at the moment
    Love was just an interlude

    I thrill as your arms would enfold me
    A kiss of surrender says the mood
    Then heaven fell down when you told me
    Love's a passing interlude

    The magic was unsurpassed
    Too good to last
    The magic my heart once knew
    Is dressed in blue

    The shadow of night all around me
    I walk in a moonlight solitude
    When I thought romance really found me
    Love was just an interlude

    The shadow of night all around me
    I walk in a moonlight solitude
    When I thought romance really found me
    Love was just an interlude

    Z

    Sources

    • My LP

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Va

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Night_

    youtube.com/watch?v=xxAvj2cidBs

    #NowPlaying #SarahVaughan 🎶 #DizzyGillespie 🎶 #Jazz #year1942 #Saxophone #Tenor #Bass #Double 💫 #Standard #Music #Retro

  3. #Video - Why a Grammy Winner Says You Can’t Understand Jazz Without Cuba
    peertube.world/w/3sepoddXTodz5

    [from the #news collective #bellyofthebeast]

    Arturo O’Farrill is a #Grammy-winning pianist, composer and one of the most influential voices in #AfroCubanJazz. But for him, #Cuba is more than just an inspiration — it’s home, history and identity.

    In #Havana, during the 41st International #Jazz Plaza Festival, Arturo told us why #jazz cannot be understood without Cuba, why #AfroCuban roots remain central to the music’s evolution, and why #cultural exchange persists despite the #US’s decades-long economic war on Cuba.

    Arturo has been returning to Cuba year after year for over two decades, honoring his heritage, and using #music as a bridge between Cuban and US citizens - despite the personal cost of taking political positions.

    “This is Cuba,” he says. “I come here to learn how to live.”

    #OilForCuba!
    #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
    #DizzyGillespie #LatinJazz #culture #LatinAmerica #USpol

  4. #DizzyGillespie was an early champion of #LatinMusic, often to the disdain of some of his fellow musicians. Fair to say Dizzy was on to something, eh? #Music #Jazz #AfroCuban #History youtube.com/watch?v=A5tRGMHfKrE

  5. On 6 January 1993: #DizzyGillespie, American jazz trumpeter, a creator of bebop & modern jazz (A Night In Tunisia), died of cancer at 75.
    #RIP 🥀