Groovin' High (Dizzy Gillespie album) Groovin' High (Dizzy Gillespie album) Groovin' High is a 1955 compilation album of studio sessions by jazz composer and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. "The Rough Guide to Jazz" describes the album as "some of the key bebop small-group and big band recordings". Jazz critic Scott Yanow concedes that the music included is classic, but dismisses the compilation over-all as "so-so" because of its brevity, because of the out of date and lightweight liner notes and because the material presented does not represent the complete sessions at which the material was played. The compilation features Gillespie with a number of combinations and
Catalina Bar & Grill Catalina Bar & Grill Catalina Bar & Grill, popularly referred to as Catalina Jazz Club, is a prominent jazz club and restaurant on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA, located to the east of Hollywood High School and to the west of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. It regularly hosts live music and according to "Los Angeles Magazine" hosts the "top names in mainstream and contemporary jazz [who] turn up regularly at this intimate supper club". "Jazz for Dummies" cites it as one of the prime jazz venues in Los Angeles. Over the years artists such as Dizzie Gillespie,