John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was born Oct. 21, 1917 in South Carolina, the youngest of nine children of Lottie and James ...

Sporting a green trumpet à la Miles, Paul Higgs started his set with Milestones (the streamlined modal tune from 1958) and ...

Bebop represented the avant-garde – new experimental ... pioneers like John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie (Trumpet), Charlie Parker ...

“Cowboy Bebop Live” featuring the Bebop Bounty Big Band takes place on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m. at the Majestic Ventura ...