It was on this day in 1947 that trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie played at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Ella Fitzgerald and Charlie Parker joined him in a sold-out show. .........Bebop music was a big departure from swing. Swing was predictable in both its melodies and its rhythm. Bebop was faster, used dissonant chords, had more complicated rhythms, and incorporated lots of improvisation and solos on featured instruments. Many music critics didnt understand bebop, and didnt like it either. They thought Dizzy Gillespie was a bad influence on younger musicians. One critic wrote: His solo opens quietly enough with an original idea, but disintegrates into incredibly ugly vulgar triple-tonguing and hunting horn effects. We see from the publicity pictures that Dizzy now doubles in snake charming. Knowing this, and with the above solo in mind, I long for his entry into the circus world. The whole post is fabulous!
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 03:22:37 +0000