BASSIST JOHN LEE IN A TRIBUTE TO DIZZY GILLESPIE

The Religion of Bebop: A Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie

Featuring Bassist John Lee.   Mr. Lee will be accompanied by Trumpeter Bruce Harris and Guitarist Yotam Silberstein

Dizzy Gillespie often compared music to religion. “It doesn’t reveal all of itself at one time,” he said, explaining the development of bebop in the early 1940s. “We had no way of knowing that the time was right. There was no assurance about anything. The one thing we did know is that it was time to make a change in the playing of our music.”

In this 90-minute concert, South Orange-based Bassist, John Lee, along with Trumpeter Bruce Harris and Guitarist Yotam Silberstein will play music associated with Gillespie. John Lee spent eight years with the Dizzy Gillespie quintet and big band. He also helped create the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars. Trumpeter Bruce Harris studied under Gillespie’s protégé, Jon Faddis, at the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College. Guitarist Yotam Silberstein is a current member of the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars.