New Wave (Dizzy Gillespie album) flute Lalo Schifrin - piano Bola Sete - guitar Chris White - bass Rudy Collins - drums Jose Paula - guitar, tamb, perc, vcl Carmen Costa - vcl, maracas Recorded: New York City, July 1962 Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet Leo Wright - alto sax, flute Lalo Schifrin - piano Elek Bacsik - guitar Chris White - bass Rudy Collins - drums Pepito Riestra - percussion Recorded: Juan-les-Pins, France, July, 1962 Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet Leo Wright - alto sax, flute Charlie Ventura - tenor sax, bass sax Lalo Schifrin - piano Chris White - bass Rudy Collins - drums Jose
Dizzy Gillespie of Racial Equality, Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King, Jr.; in later years they became a collector's item. In 1971, he announced he would run again but withdrew before the election. Gillespie joined the Bahá'í religion in 1968. The universalist emphasis of his religion prodded him to see himself more as a global citizen and humanitarian, expanding on his interest in his African heritage. His spirituality brought out generosityand what author Nat Hentoff called an inner strength, discipline, and "soul force". Gillespie's conversion was most affected by Bill Sears' book "Thief in the Night". Gillespie spoke about the