Dizzy Gillespie Gillespie left Eckstine's band because he wanted to play with a small combo. A "small combo" typically comprised no more than five musicians, playing the trumpet, saxophone, piano, bass and drums. Bebop was known as the first modern jazz style. However, it was unpopular in the beginning and was not viewed as positively as swing music was. Bebop was seen as an outgrowth of swing, not a revolution. Swing introduced a diversity of new musicians in the bebop era like Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke, Oscar Pettiford, and Gillespie. Through these musicians, a new vocabulary of musical
The Jazz Album: Watch What Happens The Jazz Album: Watch What Happens The Jazz Album: Watch What Happens is a 2006 studio album by the German baritone Thomas Quasthoff. The album was arranged by Alan Broadbent, Steve Gray, and Nan Schwartz. Quasthoff was traditionally a singer of opera and lieder and this was his first album of jazz vocal music. "The Jazz Album" peaked at 19 on Billboard magazine's Top Classical Crossover Chart and was included on their European Top 100 Albums list. In an interview with John Lewis in "The Guardian", Quasthoff said that jazz standards and show tunes could be compared favourably with his