Dizzy Gillespie: Live At The Royal Festival Hall

Dizzy Gillespie: Live At The Royal Festival Hall DVD VIDEO MOVIE concert London Type: Movie Platform: DVD Released: 2005 Media: DVD This exciting concert was recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Dizzy Gillespie’s lifelong dedication to music made him a legend. The impact that he made on the jazz world is undisputed. Gillespie never failed to gather around him the greatest musicians in the world. The solo offerings of such stars as Flora Purim, James Moody, Slide Hampton, (who also wrote most of the arrangements), Arturo Sandoval, Claudio Roditti, Paquito D’Rivera, and Mario Rivera are in themselves superb. The music generated is full of the different styles and rhythms that encapsulate the excitement of Afro-Caribbean jazz. The soundtrack of this concert won the Grammy Award of 1991 for the best Big Band Jazz Ensemble performance.Includes Manteca, Tin Tin Deo, Seresta, Samba for Carmen, And Then She Stopped, Moody’s Mood for Love, Tanga, Esquinas, Kush, Dizzy Shells,