Live at the Village Vanguard (Dizzy Gillespie album) Live at the Village Vanguard (Dizzy Gillespie album) Live at the Village Vanguard is a live album by American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring performances recorded in 1967 at the Village Vanguard and originally released on three separate LPs on the Solid State label, one under the "Vanguard" title and as two volumes entitled Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon. The recordings were subsequently re-released in unedited form as a 2-CD set on the Blue Note label in 1993. The Allmusic review stated "These lengthy performances (all but one of the seven songs are over 11 minutes) contain some loose and
Mark Levine (musician) Mark Levine (musician) Mark Levine (born 1938) is an American jazz pianist, trombonist, composer, author and educator. He has played with Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaría, Cal Tjader, Willie Bobo, Bobby Hutcherson, and many others. He has written three popular books: "The Jazz Piano Book", "The Jazz Theory Book", and "The Drop 2 Book". He was nominated for a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Recording in 2003 for his CD "Isla", with his band Mark Levine & The Latin Tinge. He was nominated for a Latin Grammy award in 2010 for his CD