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Dizzy Gillespie: A Retrospective

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Topic: Dizzy Gillespie: A Retrospective

Posted By: RonPrice
Subject: Dizzy Gillespie: A Retrospective
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2015 at 8:03pm

I put together the following compendium of prose and poetry in memory of Dizzy Gillespie who died 22 years ago this month. Readers who are not particularly interested in one of jazz's greatest practitioners, and readers who have trouble with long posts are advised to skim or scan, or stop reading now. You can access THE LINK TO MY POST by cutting-and-pasting the following into your search space: http://jazzfanz.com/showthread.php?36522-Dizzy-Gillespie-A-Retrospective

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