John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, along with Charlie Parker, ushered in the era of Be-Bop in the American jazz tradition. He was born Cheraw, South Carolina, and was the youngest of nine children. He ...
A few months ago, with hot tears stinging my eyes, I told a person I loved in a hungry sort of way that I hated them for destroying me. "I hope I haunt you forever," I texted him with my heart in my ...
MURRAY HORWITZ, American Film Institute: That's one of the most fully orchestral sounds you'll ever hear in jazz music. It's the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band from the late '40s. And A.B. Spellman, you say ...
Dizzy Gillespie towers over the history of jazz, a true giant among his peers. Over a lengthy and successful career he spearheaded two major jazz movements and played with virtually everyone of note.
“Nothing new to report; just it’s all doom and gloom over here still,” lead singer Katie Munshaw of the indie-pop band Dizzy joked about her forthcoming music in a conversation with the Daily last ...
Rapper Dizzy Wright is set to release his new album Dizzyland on April 15th. This album release follows the success of his 2020 release My Hustle Unmatched and the 2021 release of Slidin' and Glidin' ...
Katie Munshaw is the most herself she's ever been in her music. All it took to remove a well-worn metaphorical mask was putting on a real one. "This is something I've always been really uncomfortable ...
With a freshly realized frontal lobe and a near decade in the music industry in hand, Dizzy Fae is ready for her first festival performance at ACL Weekend Two. Building an intentional, genre-fluid ...