The Modern Jazz Sextet did not take too much insight to realize that putting trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and altoist Sonny Stitt together with a strong rhythm section would result in some explosive music. ...Bebop at its best". The Modern Jazz Sextet The Modern Jazz Sextet is a jazz album featuring the combined talents of Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Skeeter Best and Charlie Persip. The album was conceived by producer Norman Granz for his own label, Norgran Records. Although no single album artist is credited as a bandleader for this album, Verve Records - which owns the Norgran catalogue - files
Dizzie Tunes 1966 and starring Wenche Myhre. Their next revues were "Syv glade lerker på en blå gren" from 1969 and "Show før jo heller" from 1971. In 1972 singer and actress Grethe Kausland starred at the revue "På scenekanten", and she later regularly performed with the group. Other revues were "Memories of Music" from 1980 and "The show must go home" from 1984. The 1988 revue "Festsprell i Dizzie Tider" had Hege Schøyen and Jon Skolmen as guest stars, and "Dizzie og Damene" at Chat Noir in 1993 had Elisabeth Andreassen and Ellen Nikolaysen as guest performers. In their comedy routines