dizzy
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Raeburn’s early big-band version of Dizzy Gillespie’s “A Night in Tunisia,” with Earl Swope playing the melody on trombone, also points forward to the end of one era and the beginning of another.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
He played jazz with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, his own ensemble and in solo concerts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
In 1978, Carter hosted a star-packed jazz concert on the south lawn of the White House, where he hopped onstage with Dizzy Gillespie and drummer Max Roach for the famous two-word chorus of “Salt Peanuts.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
Others, such as a big-cheeked frog named Mayra, will recall Dizzy Gillespie.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024
My mother, who stuffs thimbles in her mouth and then blows up her cheeks like Dizzy Gillespie while sewing yet another Raggedy Ann doll that she names Suzette after me.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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