Dizzy Gillespie's Small Groups and Afro-Cuban Experiments (1945–1950)

1. Gillespie builds a postwar bebop small-group core

   Jan 1, 1945Labels: Dizzy Gillespie, Bebop small

   • ANB Jazz
   • Gillespie Bio

2. Gillespie launches a bebop big band

   Jun 1, 1946Labels: Dizzy Gillespie, Bebop big

   • ANB Jazz
   • Gillespie Bio

3. Big band records early signature charts

   Jul 9, 1946Labels: Things to, One Bass

   • ANB Jazz
   • BohemiaBop

4. Carnegie Hall concert documents bebop’s reach

   Sep 29, 1947Labels: Carnegie Hall, Charlie Parker

   • AllAboutJazz
   • MusicBrainz

5. Chano Pozo joins Gillespie’s orchestra

   Oct 1, 1947Labels: Chano Pozo, Mario Bauz

   • Afro Cuban jazz
   • Chano Pozo

6. “Cubana Be/Cubana Bop” recorded in RCA sessions

   Dec 22, 1947Labels: Cubana Be, George Russell

   • ANB Jazz
   • MusicBrainz

7. “Manteca” recorded, clave enters jazz standard repertory

   Dec 22, 1947Labels: Manteca, Gil Fuller

   • Manteca
   • Afro Cuban jazz

8. European tour spreads Gillespie’s Afro-Cuban bebop sound

   Jan 1, 1948Labels: European tour, Dizzy Gillespie

   • Gillespie Big Band
   • BohemiaBop

9. “Manteca” becomes a featured live showpiece

   Apr 1, 1948Labels: Manteca, Live performance

   • Manteca

10. Royal Roost recordings capture the Afro-Cuban big-band concept

    Oct 9, 1948Labels: Royal Roost, Live recordings

    • Manteca
    • Chano Pozo

11. “Tin Tin Deo” recorded with Pozo

    Oct 25, 1948Labels: Tin Tin, Chano Pozo

    • Tin Tin Deo
    • Chano Pozo

12. Chano Pozo is killed in Harlem

    Dec 2, 1948Labels: Chano Pozo, Harlem

    • Chano Pozo
    • Afro Cuban jazz

13. Post-Pozo era: Cubop ideas spread beyond Gillespie

    Jan 1, 1950Labels: Cubop, Machito

    • Smithsonian Jazz
    • ANB Jazz