Dizzy Gillespie on traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms. Gillespie was introduced to Chano Pozo in 1947 by Mario Bauza, a Latin jazz trumpet player. Chano Pozo became Gillespie's conga drummer for his band. Gillespie also worked with Mario Bauza in New York jazz clubs on 52nd Street and several famous dance clubs such as the Palladium and the Apollo Theater in Harlem. They played together in the Chick Webb band and Cab Calloway's band, where Gillespie and Bauza became lifelong friends. Gillespie helped develop and mature the Afro-Cuban jazz style. Afro-Cuban jazz was considered bebop-oriented, and some musicians classified it as a modern style.
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