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Afro is a studio album by the jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. It was released in November 1954 through Norgran Records. Gillespie worked with many Cuban musicians on the album.
Afro
Dizzy Gillespie
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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator, and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but a
Afro (album)
…Afro is a studio album by the jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. It was released in November 1954 through Norgran Records. Gillespie worked with many Cuban musicians on the album. The AllMusic review states: "Pairing…
Gillespie in 1946
Gillespie in a publicity photo (1955)
Gillespie (left), with John Lewis, Cecil Payne, Miles Davis, and Ray Brown, between 1946 and 1948
Gillespie performing in Helsingborg, Sweden, 1959