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Dizzy Reece

Alphonso Son “Dizzy” Reece is a hard bop jazz trumpeter with a distinctive sound and compositional style.

Reece was born January 5, 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 at 14. A full-time musician from age 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. Too little heard-from in the intervening years, he had a reissue on Mosaic in 2004 that gave fans hope of a comeback.

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My Blue Note Obsession

Dizzy Reece: Star Bright – 1959

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Dizzy Reece: From In to Out

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Mosaic Select 11: Dizzy Reece

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April 05, 2008

Trumpter Dizzy Reece for Holy Trinity Cathedral Benefit

March 07, 2006

Dizzy Reece Interviewed at AAJ

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Nirvana - The Zen Of...

Hobby & Work Italiana Editrice
2006

Mosaic Select

Green Line SRL
2004

Mosaic Select 11:...

Mosaic Records
2004

Comin' On!

Green Line SRL
1999

Blowin' Away

Green Line SRL
1978

Possession, Exorcism,...

Green Line SRL
1977

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