John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.1000

Staff Only

Boston Jazz Society Concert '83

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/1963/collection_resources/77955
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Collection / Audiovisual material / Cassette tapes featuring or likely featuring Dizzy Gillespie / “Boston Jazz Society concert ’83 with Dizzy Gillespie” [no contents listed], 1983

Count Basie / Coral Springs Symphony Pops

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/1963/collection_resources/77688
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Collection / Audiovisual material / Cassette tapes featuring or likely featuring Dizzy Gillespie / [Cassette tape] - Side A: Count Basie—Live—Robin Hood Dell-74”; Side B: “Coral Springs Symphony Pops – Live, 1992-Feb., Count Basie-20-74-79”, 1974-1992

Diz lives on KBoo

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/1963/collection_resources/77642
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Collection / Audiovisual material / Cassette tapes featuring or likely featuring Dizzy Gillespie / “’Diz lives,” 5-30-84, KBOO-FM” [no contents listed], 1984 May 30

Diz – Practice, Mike

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/1963/collection_resources/77685
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Collection / Audiovisual material / Cassette tapes featuring or likely featuring Dizzy Gillespie / “Diz – Practice // Mike” [no contents listed]

Dizzy and Jimmy MCP

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/1963/collection_resources/77681
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Collection / Audiovisual material / Cassette tapes featuring or likely featuring Dizzy Gillespie / “Dizzy & Jimmy MCP” [no contents listed]

Dizzy, Benny, and Hank

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/1963/collection_resources/77684
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Collection / Audiovisual material / Cassette tapes featuring or likely featuring Dizzy Gillespie / “Dizzy, Benny, and Hank, 11-30-90” (on container: Charismic Productions, DG, Smithsonian) [no contents listed], 1990 November 30

Dizzy Gillespie, Part I, No. I

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/1963/collection_resources/77641
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Collection / Audiovisual material / Cassette tapes featuring or likely featuring Dizzy Gillespie / “Dizzy Gillespie, Part I, No. I” [no contents listed]

Essence of Jazz with Will Moyle (Eldridge)

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/1963/collection_resources/77683
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Collection / Audiovisual material / Cassette tapes featuring or likely featuring Dizzy Gillespie / “Essence of Jazz – Will Moyle, Roy Eldridge guest program (2A)” [no contents listed]

Essence of Jazz with Will Moyle (Eldridge)

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/1963/collection_resources/77689
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Collection / Audiovisual material / Cassette tapes featuring or likely featuring Dizzy Gillespie / “Essence of Jazz – Will Moyle, Roy Elridge guest program (1A)” [no contents]

Essence of Jazz with Will Moyle (Gillespie)

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/1963/collection_resources/77682
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Collection / Audiovisual material / Cassette tapes featuring or likely featuring Dizzy Gillespie / “Essence of Jazz – Will Moyle, Dizzy Gillespie guest program (3A)” [no contents listed]

For Dizzy, Rare Bird, From Don Manning

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/1963/collection_resources/77691
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Collection / Audiovisual material / Cassette tapes featuring or likely featuring Dizzy Gillespie / “For Dizzy, Rare Bird, from Don Manning” [no contents]

Manhattan Xfer

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/1963/collection_resources/77690
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Collection / Audiovisual material / Cassette tapes featuring or likely featuring Dizzy Gillespie / “4-8-85”, Manhattan Xfer” [no contents], 1985 April 8

Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland (Dizzy Gillespie)

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/1963/collection_resources/77686
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Collection / Audiovisual material / Cassette tapes featuring or likely featuring Dizzy Gillespie / “Dizzy Gillespie” [no contents listed]

Sidran on Record, #8613, Dizzy Gillespie

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/1963/collection_resources/77687
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Collection / Audiovisual material / Cassette tapes featuring or likely featuring Dizzy Gillespie / “Sidran on Record #8613”, Dizzy Gillespie” (on container: 12/19 1st Set Buddy’s Place, Dizzy & Big Band” [no contents listed]

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