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Track: A Night In Tunisia
Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Album: Birks Works: The Verve Big-Band Sessions

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Name: Dizzy Gillespie
Spotify Genres: bebop, jazz, hard bop, latin jazz, big band, cool jazz
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American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer. Born October 21, 1917, Cheraw, South Carolina, USA Died January 6, 1993, Englewood, New Jersey, USA Together with [a75617] he was the predominant figure in the development of bebop (bop), the earliest form of modern jazz. He taught and influenced many other musicians, including trumpeters [a23755], [a309986], [a259082], [a277489], [a29976], [a156019] and [a92051]. He was also one of the founders of Afro-Cuban (or Latin) jazz, adding [a314413]'s conga to his orchestra in 1947, and utilizing complex poly-rhythms early on. Career Highlights: Awarded New Star Award from Esquire Magazine (1944) Performs at first integrated concert in public school, Cheraw, SC (1959) First jazz musician appointed by US department of State to undertake cultural mission (1972) Awarded Handel Medallion from the City of New York (1972) Received Paul Robeson Award from Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies (1972) Performs at White House for President Carter and the Shah of Iran (1977) Performs "Salt Peanuts" with President Carter at White House Jazz Concert (1978) Inducted into Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame (1982) Received Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (1989) Received National Medal of Arts from President Bush (1989) Received Duke Ellington Award from the society og Composers, Authors, and Publishers (1989) Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1989) Received Kennedy Center Honors Award (1990) Received fourteen honorary degrees, including Ph.D. Rutgers University (1972), Ph.D. Chicago Conservatory of Music (1978) Awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording

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Release: Dizzy Gillespie - A Night In Tunisia
Year: 1991
Genres: Jazz

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The moon is the same moon above youA glow in its cool evening lightThe stars are aglow in TunisiaNever does it shine so brightThe cares of the days seem to vanishThe ending of day brings releaseEach wonderful night in TunisiaWhere the nights are filled with peace.The stars are aglow in heavensBut only the wise understandThat shining tonight in TunisiaThey guide you through descent sandAnd words fail to tell a tale exoticto be taidEach night's a deeper night in a worldages oldThe cares of the world seem to vanishThe ending of day brings releaseEach wonderful night in TunisiaWhere the nights are filled with peace.