New Wave (Dizzy Gillespie album) New Wave (Dizzy Gillespie album) New Wave! is an album by Dizzy Gillespie consisting of live and studio performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Philips label in 1963. In his "Down Beat" magazine review of March 14, 1963 jazz critic Don DeMichael wrote that "Dizzy plays marvelously on this record... There's a spirit evident that is all too often missing from today's record sessions – a spirit of vivacious humor and playing-for-the-hell-of-it." The Allmusic review states "this was one of Dizzy Gillespie's finest sessions of the 1960s... Highly recommended". Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet Leo Wright - alto sax,
Adriana Evans Adriana Evans Adriana Evans, (also known as Adriana Madera) is an American R&B soul singer-songwriter. She was born 1974 in San Francisco. Her debut album entitled "Adriana Evans" was released in 1997 and peaked at #33 on the "Billboard" Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Adriana Evans was born into music, both genetically and geographically. Her mother is jazz recording artist Mary Stallings who sang with jazz artists like Count Basie, Dizzie Gillespie and her godfather being jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. As such, Evans finds a great deal of her musical upbringing in jazz music. In addition to being immersed in the