Things to Come - Dizzy Gillespie 1968

Here in 1968 we see Dizzy leading his big band and playing a magnificent trumpet solo. There are also solos by pianist Mike Longo and tenor saxophonist Paul Jeffrey. Dizzy, his band and the arrangements certainly make this into a totally original and fresh sound. “Dizzy“ Gillespie (1917 -- 1993) He was an African-American, Bahá’í jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. Gillespie, with Charlie Parker, was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. In addition to featuring in these epochal moments in jazz, he was instrumental in founding Afro-Cuban jazz, the modern jazz version of the “Spanish Tinge“. Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and gifted improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic complexity previously unknown in jazz. In addition to his instrumental skills, Dizzy’s beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, his scat singing, his bent horn and pouched cheeks, and his light-hearted personali