Concert in Northern New Jersey
Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie
Englewood, NJ
8 pm on Saturday, February 12, 2005
Bergen Performing Arts Center
30 N. Van Brunt St.
Englewood, NJ
The greatest bebop trumpeter of all time is honored in this all-star tribute, featuring some of Dizzy’s legendary sidemen, including Slide Hampton (musical director), Jimmy Heath, Randy Brecker, Frank Wess, Claudio Roditi, Antonio Hart, Mulgrew Miller and John Lee. Inspired or mentored by the late jazz icon, these major jazz greats unite to pay homage to Dizzy. Special guest: the extraordinary Cuban saxophonist and Grammy Award winner, Paquito D`Rivera, a longtime musical associate and personal friend of John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie. Tickets $45, $35, $25
http://www.bergenpac.org/
For more information:
Phone: (201) 227 - 1030
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