This longtime collaborator with Earl Hines performed alongside Max Roach, Charles Mingus, Bud Powell, and Charlie Parker as part of a jazz concert considered the "greatest ever".
This longtime collaborator with Earl Hines performed alongside Max Roach, Charles Mingus, Bud Powell, and Charlie Parker as part of a jazz concert considered the "greatest ever". That concert was released as the album Jazz at Massey Hall. This artist's so called "Chinese music" got him in trouble with his first major bandleader, Cab Calloway.  Frequent improvisation and solos characterized a musical style pioneered by this musician and used for works like  "Salt Peanuts" and "A Night in Tunisia". Name this bebop jazz pioneer best known for playing with a bent trumpet.
This longtime collaborator with Earl Hines performed alongside Max Roach, Charles Mingus, Bud Powell, and Charlie Parker as part of a jazz concert considered the "greatest ever".
(John Birks) “Dizzy” {Gillespie}