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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195091329

ISBN-139780195091328

eBay Product ID (ePID)580487

Product Key Features

Book TitleGroovin' High : the Life of Dizzy Gillespie

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

TopicComposers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Jazz

IllustratorYes

GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorAlyn Shipton

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight28.2 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN98-027684

Reviews"This well-researched and well-written biography is an indispensablesource of information about Dizzy Gillespie. Thank you, Alyn Shipton!"--ThomasOwens, author of Bebop, the Music and Its Players, "British author and BBC radio host Alyn Shipton's biography on theworld-renowned puffy-cheeked trumpeter/composer/bandleader John Birks 'Dizzy'Gillespie is the most comprehensive to date."--Amazon.com, "This well-researched and well-written biography is an indispensable source of information about Dizzy Gillespie. Thank you, Alyn Shipton!"--Thomas Owens, author of Bebop, the Music and Its Players, "Alyn Shipton's Groovin' High skillfully surveys the career of John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie, a musical innovator who never turned his back on the entertainor's role. The book leaves a fresh, vivid impression of the man and the artist whose changing place in the jazz tradition is traced overmore than sixty years." --Richard Crawford, School of Music, The University of Michigan, "Dizzy Gillespie did more than change jazz. He also challenged our most deeply held views on what a jazz musician could be and do. Alyn Shipton is the perfect writer to tackle this subject, because he too is adept at challenging the conventional wisdom. Shipton has carefully researched hissubject, and writes with conviction, honesty and passion. Finally we have abook that tells the whole story of this remarkable artist and his music." --Ted Gioia, author of The History of Jazz, "Shipton marshals fresh data that gives nuance, and sometimes the lie, tothe received knowledge of bebop, particularly the contributions ofGillespie."--Washington Post Book World, "Alyn Shipton's Groovin' High skillfully surveys the career of John Birks'Dizzy' Gillespie, a musical innovator who never turned his back on theentertainor's role. The book leaves a fresh, vivid impression of the man andthe artist whose changing place in the jazz tradition is traced over more thansixty years." --Richard Crawford, School of Music, The University ofMichigan, "An extraordinarily detailed biography of one of the legends of jazz that focuses primarily on Gillespie's music....Shipton has written a fine tribute to one of the greats of jazz."--Salem Press"This well-researched and well-written biography is an indispensable source of information about Dizzy Gillespie. Thank you, Alyn Shipton!"--Thomas Owens, author of Bebop, the Music and Its Players"Dizzy Gillespie did more than change jazz. He also challenged our most deeply held views on what a jazz musician could be and do. Alyn Shipton is the perfect writer to tackle this subject, because he too is adept at challenging the conventional wisdom. Shipton has carefully researched his subject, and writes with conviction, honesty and passion. Finally we have abook that tells the whole story of this remarkable artist and his music." --Ted Gioia, author of The History of Jazz"Alyn Shipton's Groovin' High skillfully surveys the career of John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie, a musical innovator who never turned his back on the entertainor's role. The book leaves a fresh, vivid impression of the man and the artist whose changing place in the jazz tradition is traced over more than sixty years." --Richard Crawford, School of Music, The University of Michigan"Shipton has fulfilled the need for a biography rich in detail and analysis. Providing surprising and convincing insight into the development of bebop, Shipton's depth of understanding of the birth of this vibrant movement, together with on target analysis of Gillespie's recorded output, makes this an exceptional tribute."--Library Journal, "Groovin' High skillfully fills in blanks where Gillespie's own autobiography leaves off.... An extrememly well-researched and critical assessment of Gillespie's artistry and humanity, Groovin' High is a jazz biography at its most accessible and revealing."--Emerge, "Shipton has fulfilled the need for a biography rich in detail and analysis. Providing surprising and convincing insight into the development of bebop, Shipton's depth of understanding of the birth of this vibrant movement, together with on target analysis of Gillespie's recorded output,makes this an exceptional tribute."--Library Journal, "A vibrant blend of meticulous scholarship, swinging anecdote and astute music criticism.... A must for jazz aficionados, this exhaustively researched biography features a supporting cast that reads like a who's who of jazz history."--Publishers Weekly, "A vibrant blend of meticulous scholarship, swinging anecdote and astutemusic criticism.... A must for jazz aficionados, this exhaustively researchedbiography features a supporting cast that reads like a who's who of jazzhistory."--Publishers Weekly, "Shipton has fulfilled the need for a biography rich in detail andanalysis. Providing surprising and convincing insight into the development ofbebop, Shipton's depth of understanding of the birth of this vibrant movement,together with on target analysis of Gillespie's recorded output, makes this anexceptional tribute."--Library Journal, "British author and BBC radio host Alyn Shipton's biography on the world-renowned puffy-cheeked trumpeter/composer/bandleader John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie is the most comprehensive to date."--Amazon.com, "Dizzy Gillespie did more than change jazz. He also challenged our mostdeeply held views on what a jazz musician could be and do. Alyn Shipton is theperfect writer to tackle this subject, because he too is adept at challengingthe conventional wisdom. Shipton has carefully researched his subject, andwrites with conviction, honesty and passion. Finally we have abook that tellsthe whole story of this remarkable artist and his music." --Ted Gioia, author ofThe History of Jazz, "Shipton marshals fresh data that gives nuance, and sometimes the lie, to the received knowledge of bebop, particularly the contributions of Gillespie."--Washington Post Book World, "Groovin' High skillfully fills in blanks where Gillespie's ownautobiography leaves off.... An extrememly well-researched and criticalassessment of Gillespie's artistry and humanity, Groovin' High is a jazzbiography at its most accessible and revealing."--Emerge

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal788.9/2165/092 B

SynopsisDizzy Gillespie was one of the most important and best loved musicians in jazz history. With his dark glasses, goatee, jive talk, and upraised trumpet bell, he was the hipster who most personified bebop. The musical heir to Louis Armstrong, he created the basic jazz trumpet-playing style and dazzled aficionados and popular audiences alike for over 50 years. In this first full biography, Alyn Shipton covers all aspects of Dizzy's remarkable life and career, taking us through his days as a flashy trumpet player in the swing bands of the 1930s, his innovative bebop work in the 1940s, the worldwide fame and adoration he earned through his big band tours in the 1950s, and the many recordings and performances which defined a career that extended into the early 1990s. Along the way, Shipton convincingly argues that Gillespie--rather than Charlie Parker as is widely believed--had the greatest role in creating bebop, playing in key jazz groups, teaching the music to others, and helping to develop the first original bebop repertory. Shipton traces the Gillespie-Parker relationship, starting in the bands of Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine in the early 1940s, to their famous 1944-46 group that set the form for bebop, and culminating in their extraordinary concert at Massey Hall in Toronto in 1953. Shipton also explores the dark side of Dizzy's mostly sunny personal life, his womanizing, the illegitimate daughter he fathered and supported--now a respected jazz singer in her own right--and his sometimes needless cruelty to others. For anyone interested in jazz and one of its most innovative and appealing figures, Groovin' High is essential reading., Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most important and best-loved musicians in jazz history. With his horn-rimmed glasses, goatee, jive talk, and upraised trumpet bell, he was the hipster who most personified bebop. The musical heir to Louis Armstrong, he created the modern jazz trumpet-playing style and dazzled aficionados and popular audiences alike for over 50 years. In this first full biography, Alyn Shipton covers all aspects of Dizzy's remarkable life and career, taking us through his days as a flashy trumpet player in the swing bands of the 1930s, his innovative bebop work in the 1940s, the worldwide fame and adoration he earned through his big band tours in the 1950s, and the many recordings and performances which defined a career that extended into the early 1990s. Along the way, Shipton convincingly argues that Gillespie--rather than Charlie Parker as is widely believed--had the greatest role in creating bebop, playing in key jazz groups, teaching the music to others, and helping to develop the first original bebop repertory. Shipton also explores the dark side of Dizzy's mostly sunny personal life, his womanizing, the illegitimate daughter he fathered and supported--now a respected jazz singer in her own right--and his sometimes needless cruelty to others. For anyone interested in jazz and one of its most innovative and appealing figures, Groovin' High is essential reading.

LC Classification NumberML419.G54S55 1999