A number of artists contributed to the invention of Bebop. But whenever I dream of a band to play this music, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker are always my first pick as trumpet player and saxophonist. There always seemed to be magic created when they were together. It did not hurt that they were appearing together in one of the finest performance spaces in North America – Carnegie Hall.
And on this very fine live recording from 1947, they had been performed together quite a bit, and they play simultaneously with intensity and ease. John is an excellent musician who had and would play with them a lot, including in Dizzy’s adventurous big band. And Al McKibbon not only played with everybody on the scene, but did it for decades.
Director, Co-producer Don McGlynn
Co-producer Mark Cantor
Executive Producer Steve Holmgren
Associate Producer Franny Alfano
Podcast Producers Kian Vaziri and Franny Alfano
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