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Documentary: Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975)

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Marc Myers
Jan 22, 2025
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In 1975, record and concert producer Norman Granz assembled a sizable ensemble of jazz legends and took them off to Europe. The players on this Jazz at the Philharmonic tour were trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge and Clark Terry; tenor saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin and Zoot Sims; alto saxophonist Benny Carter; guita…

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