Grammy Award Winners
John Lee and Paquito D’ Rivera with the
Dizzy Gillespie All Stars
June 6th
WBGO presents All That Jazz concert series, a unique series showcasing some of the genre’s most talented and respected performers, featuring the Dizzy Gillespie All Stars with John Lee and special guest Paquito D’Rivera! This series is a partnership between WBGO, UCPAC, and Smooth Jazz NJ.
About The Dizzy Gillespie All Stars
The Dizzy Gillespie All Stars perform the music of the 40s and 50s as an ensemble of 6-8, including tunes such as “A Night In Tunisia,” “Anthropology,” “BeBop,” “Birks Works,” “Blue ‘N’ Boogie,” “Con Alma,” “Dizzy Atmosphere,” “Groovin’ High,” “Hot House,” “Oop-Pop-Sh’-Bam,” “Ow,” “Salt Peanuts,” and many more.
The line-up, which varies, includes some of the stellar musicians who used to work with Gillespie, plus some of the best and brightest young up-and-comers of the next generation of jazz.
About John Lee
From 1984 thru 1993, John Lee was Dizzy Gillespie’s bassist, performing and recording in the trumpet master’s various bands including the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, and Dizzy’s GRAMMY award winning United Nation Orchestra.
After Gillespie’s passing, his family asked John to create an ongoing tribute to the great man and his music, and the concept for the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars was born.
Lee is the bassist and director of the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars, Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, and the Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Latin Experience.
About Paquito D’Rivera
Saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and writer Paquito D’ Rivera, winner of 16 awards between GRAMMYs and Latin GRAMMYs, has received numerous recognitions for his relevance in Latin Jazz and as a composer of classical music. Born in Marianao, Havana, Cuba, El Paq-Man, as he is known among his many friends, colleagues, and fans, is passionate about both jazz and classical music, Brazilian music, rumba, tangos, and more. One of the main objectives of his work is to make them all an integral whole.
