Dizzy Gillespie archive
Read For The Love Of James Moody: Five Tributes WBGO
October 19, 2012 – Many of Moody's former colleagues line up to play for "the most beloved jazz musician in the world." WBGO
Listen Days With Dizzy: Arturo Sandoval On His Trumpet Mentor
May 12, 2012 – The Cuban trumpeter befriended Dizzy Gillespie when the American jazzman visited Havana in 1977.
Read A Concerned Dizzy Gillespie Explains All Of Human History
April 6, 2012 – The jazz legend scored a soundtrack and voiced the character Father Time for a short animated film.
Read The Many Moods Of James Moody WBGO
November 23, 2010 – Millions of listeners know the music of James Moody, even if they don't know him by name. WBGO
Read Dizzy Gillespie: Trumpet Pyrotechnician WESA
October 19, 2010 – Dizzy Gillespie wasn't content to stick with music people could dance to. WESA
Read Mambo! Afro-Cuban Takes On Jazz Classics
February 22, 2010 – Hear five Latin versions of songs written by jazz musicians, featuring Poncho Sanchez and more.
Listen The First Five: One Man's Introduction To Jazz
April 30, 2009 – Years ago, a record-store clerk gave Tom Cole a vital tutorial, in the form of these five albums.
Listen Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars, New York Voices In Concert WBGO
January 14, 2009 – The big band played a special Gillespie celebration with New York Voices to ring in 2009. WBGO
Read Ring In The New Year With Jazz WBGO
December 30, 2008 – Hear a preview of NPR's New Year's Eve "Toast of the Nation" bash with jazz from across the country. WBGO
Listen The Legendary Dizzy Gillespie On Piano Jazz
July 25, 2008 – Gillespie joined host Marian McPartland in 1985 to talk and play love Cuban music, one of his loves.
Read The Birth of Bossa Nova WBGO
June 2, 2008 – Here are five songs from the magical era when the gentle sound of Brazil hypnotized the world. WBGO
Listen Guest DJ Ray Davies
March 27, 2008 – Former frontman for The Kinks Ray Davies shares some of his favorite music.
Listen Reflecting on 50 Years of Monterey Jazz
September 20, 2007 – A musician reflects on the Monterey Jazz Festival and reviews a new set of archival Monterey CDs.
Listen Charlie Parker: 'Bird Lives!' Part 1
August 29, 2007 – He was one of the greatest improvisers in jazz and co-inventor of the music called "Bebop."
Listen Dizzy Gillespie's Cold War Jazz Diplomacy
October 16, 2006 – The legendary musician toured political hot-spots in 1956 as a U.S. cultural ambassador.