Home » Search Center » Results: Dizzy Reece

Results for "Dizzy Reece"

Advanced search options

415

Article: Album Review

Etienne Charles: Folklore

Read "Folklore" reviewed by Larry Reni Thomas


Trumpeter Etienne Charles' Folklore is a wonderful, colorful, vibrant recording filled with Caribbean flavor, Latin grooves and solid jazz arrangements and solos. A percussionist and composer as well, the 26-year-old Charles has an extremely unique trumpet sound that is his and his alone. He doesn't sound like Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, or Miles Davis, nor does ...

316

Article: Album Review

Tubby Hayes: Intensity: The 1965 Tapes

Read "Intensity: The 1965 Tapes" reviewed by George Kanzler


The late '50s and early '60s were a great time for jazz at clubs in downtown Manhattan. It was a heyday for tenor saxophonists; such giants as Sonny Rollins, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Sonny Stitt, John Coltrane, Johnny Griffin, Gene Ammons, Wayne Shorter, Booker Ervin and Tubby Hayes could be heard at cozy spots like New ...

156

News: Performance / Tour

Trumpter Dizzy Reece for Holy Trinity Cathedral Benefit

Trumpter Dizzy Reece for Holy Trinity Cathedral Benefit

Trumpeter Dizzy Reece, who's been based in the US for many years, heads home to Jamaica to perform in a concert to benefit the restoration of Kingston, Jamaica landmark the Holy Trinity Cathedral. The concert takes place on Sunday April 13 at the residence of the Roman Catholic Archbishop in Kingston (21 Hopefield Avenue). Also set ...

Album

Nirvana - The Zen Of The Jazz Trumpet

Label: Hobby & Work Italiana Editrice
Released: 2006

1,076

Article: Interview

Dizzy Reece: From In to Out

Read "Dizzy Reece: From In to Out" reviewed by Clifford Allen


Born January 5, 1931, in Kingston, Jamaica, trumpeter Alphonso Son “Dizzy" Reece moved to England in 1948 to continue his jazz studies, as his countrymen alto saxophonist Joe Harriott and tenor man Ken Terroade would also do. Following some time in Paris, Reece recorded with Ronnie Scott, Victor Feldman and Tubby Hayes for the Tempo and ...

606

Article: Profile

Dizzy Reece

Read "Dizzy Reece" reviewed by Clifford Allen


To grasp the art and life's work of trumpeter-composer-philosopher (not necessarily in that order) Alphonso Son “Dizzy Reece, a short biographical sketch and recording data, though not thrown completely out the window in terms of relevance, are only relevant insofar as one gets an idea of the artist as a whole. Facts of his birthplace (Kingston, ...

Album

Mosaic Select 11: Dizzy Reece

Label: Mosaic Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: DISC ONE 1. Blues In Trinity (A) 6:44 2. I Had The Craziest Dream (A) 3:02 3. Close-Up (A) 10:38) 4. Shepherd's Serenade (S) 6:35 5. Color Blind (A) 5:59 6. 'Round About Midnight (A) 4:44 7. Eboo (A) 4:01 8. Just A Penny (A) 5:27 9. The Rake (B) 6:04 10. I'll Close My Eyes (B) 5:55 11. Groovesville (B) 8:05 DISC TWO 1. The Rebound (B) 6:46 2. I Wished On The Moon (B) 6:48 3. A Variation On Monk (B) 5:41 4. (I Don't Stand A) Ghost Of A Chance (C) 5:04 5. Once In A While (C) 7:54 6. Eb Pob (C) 7:27 7. Yesterdays (C) 7:44 8. Our Love Is Here To Stay (C) 7:08 9. Blue Streak (C) 6:21 DISC THREE 1. Ye Olde Blues (D) 6:40 2. The Case Of The Frightened Lover (D) 5:42 3. Tenderly (D) 9:02 4. Achmet (D) 8:28 5. The Story Of Love (D) 10:09 6. Sands (E) 6:00 7. Comin' On (E) 6:44 8. Goose Dance (E) 6:49 9. The Things We Did Last Summer (E) 6:17

Album

The Flip

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: The Flip; Feelin' Folksy; Snappin' Out; 18th Hole; Early Morning Stroll,

Album

Mosaic Select

Label: Green Line SRL
Released: 2004

360

Article: Extended Analysis

Mosaic Select 11: Dizzy Reece

Read "Mosaic Select 11: Dizzy Reece" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


Dizzy Reece Mosaic Select 11 Mosaic Records During the '50s and '60s there were any number of minor jazz legends recording actively for such independent labels as Prestige, Riverside, Savoy, and Blue Note. As far as trumpeters go, the names Richard Williams, Blue Mitchell, Carmell Jones , Booker Little, and Dizzy Reece ...


Engage

Contest Giveaways
Enter our latest contest giveaway sponsored by Ota Records
Polls & Surveys
Vote for your favorite musicians and participate in our brief surveys.
Publisher's Desk
More AAJ Customization Tips
Read on...

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.