September 15, 2011
7:30 – 10:30 PM
Announced Bill Cosby Master of Ceremonies
http://www.billcosby.comPhotoCredits :
Erinn Chalene Cosby
Dizzy Gillespie is one of the most influential figures in many
American musical forms, having first revolutionized jazz in the
40s by being one of the acknowledged inventors of bebop; and
then again in the decades that followed when he championed
the rich rhythms of Afro-Cuban, Caribbean, and Brazilian
music that, to a large extent, still dominate jazz to this
very day. Born October 21, 1917, Cheraw, South Carolina,
John Birks Gillespie, Dizzy moved to Philadelphia with
his family at age 18 and joined Frankie Fairfax's band
before moving on to New York City and Teddy Hill's big band
in 1937, Later he played with all the greats--Ella Fitzgerald.
Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Earl Hines, and Billie Holliday.
He met Charlie "Bird" Parker in 1940, Thelonious Monk, and others.
Gillespie was the first jazz artist to be sent abroad under
the auspices of the United States government, spreading American
goodwill and good music around the world. John Birk s Gillespie
died on January 6, 1993, Englewood, New Jersey.
The Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Fund helps underwrite the costs
of hospitalization, diagnostic tests, and a full range of
surgical and medical care for jazz musicians who are uninsured
and without the ability to pay. Since its formation,
the Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Fund-Englewood Hospital
has provided over $5 million in medical services, the Fund
is 100% donor supported.
Bill Cosby is an American comedian, actor, author, television
producer, educator, musician and activist. An active member
of The Jazz Foundation of America, since 2004, he has been
a featured host for its annual benefit, “A Great Night in Harlem,”
at the Apollo Theater in New York City. He is the recipient
of the Kennedy Center Honors (1998) and the Presidential Medal
of Freedom 2002.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo7_X...eature=relatedA stellar cast of musicians and poets together
raised money to support the Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Fund:
THIS IS NOW A YEARLY EVENT-JOIN US IN 2012!DONATE NOW ! : http://www.englewoodhospital.com/ms_dizzy_mfund.asp
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