Dizzy Reece

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Alphonso Son "Dizzy" Reece (* 5. January 1931 in Kingston (Jamaica) ) is a Jamaican jazz - trumpet of hard bop .

Life

Dizzy Reece is the son of a silent film pianist. He first played tenor and baritone saxophones and switched to the trumpet at the age of fourteen. At sixteen he was a professional musician, went to London in 1948 and played there with Victor Feldman and Tubby Hayes ; there was a number of albums and EPs for the Tempo label . He worked in Europe in the 1950s, most of the time in Paris , but also in Holland, Spain and Germany, where he also played with the Beromünster entertainment orchestra . In Paris he played with Don Byas , Kenny Clarke , Frank Foster and Thad Jones. In 1959 he went to New York . Reece recorded a number of albums there for the Blue Note label and had his own formation with Art Taylor .

Dizzy Reece is still active as a musician; over the course of his career he has recorded with Dexter Gordon , Victor Feldman , Tubby Hayes , the Paris Reunion Band , the Clifford Jordan Big Band, Ted Curson , Duke Jordan , John Gilmore and Philly Joe Jones .

Discography (selection)

As a leader

As a sideman

  • Duke Jordan: Flight To Jordan (Blue Note, 1960)
  • Clifford Jordan: Down Through The Years (Milestone, 1991)

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Released on the Mosaic label in 2004
personal data
SURNAME Reece, Dizzy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reece, Alphonso Son
BRIEF DESCRIPTION hard bop jazz jazz trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston (Jamaica)