Dizzy Reece

Dizzy Reece

born on 5/1/1931 in Kingston, Jamaica

Dizzy Reece

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Alphonso Son "Dizzy" Reece (born 5 January 1931) is Jamaican-born a hard bop jazz trumpeter with a distinctive sound and compositional style.

Biography

Reece was born on 5 January 1931 in Kingston, Jamaica, the son of a silent film pianist. He attended the Alpha Boys School (famed in Jamaica for its musical alumni), switching from baritone to trumpet when he was 14 years old. A full-time musician from the age of 16, he moved to London in 1948 and spent the 1950s working in Europe, much of that time in Paris. He played with Don Byas, Kenny Clarke, Frank Foster and Thad Jones, among others.

Winning praise from the likes of Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins, he emigrated to New York City in 1959, but found New York in the 1960s a struggle. Reece recorded a series of critically acclaimed records on the Blue Note label, which were reissued on Mosaic in 2004 that gave fans hope of a comeback. Still active as a musician and writer, Reece has recorded over the years with Victor Feldman, Tubby Hayes, Paris Reunion Band, Clifford Jordans Big Band, tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, fellow trumpeter Ted Curson, pianist Duke Jordan, long-time Sun Ra alumni saxophonist John Gilmore and drummer Philly Joe Jones.

Reece wrote the music for the 1958 Ealing Studios film Nowhere to Go.

Discography

As leader

Blue Note
  • 1958: Blues in Trinity
  • 1959: Star Bright
  • 1960: Comin' On!
  • 1960: Soundin' Off
Others
  • A New Star (Jasmine, 195556) with Phil Seamen
  • Progress Report (Jasmine, 195658) with Victor Feldman, Tubby Hayes
  • Asia Minor (New Jazz, 1962)
  • From In to Out - Futura Ger 16 (1970)
  • Possession, Exorcism, Peace (1974)
  • Manhattan Project (1978) Bee Hive Records
  • Blowin' Away (1978)
  • Nirvana: The Zen of the Jazz Trumpet (2006)

Compilations

  • Mosaic Select: Dizzy Reece (MS-011) - compiles Blues in Trinity (1958), Star Bright (1959), Soundin' Off (1960), and Comin' On! (1960).

As sideman

With Clifford Jordan

  • Inward Fire (Muse, 1978)
  • Play What You Feel (1990)
  • Down Through The Years (Milestone, 1991)

External links

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