The Giants of Jazz

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The Giants of Jazz was a jazz all-star group of the early 1970s which featured Art Blakey (drums), Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Al McKibbon (bass), Thelonious Monk (piano), Sonny Stitt (alto and tenor sax), and Kai Winding (trombone).<ref name="Grove">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> They recorded albums for Atlantic Records, Concord Records. and Emarcy Records.<ref name="All Star">Template:Citation</ref> The group toured internationally in 1971-1972.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Their 1971 concert tour stops in the cities of Prague and Copenhagen were both filmed, and were subsequently released on separate DVDs in the 2000s.<ref name="DVD">Template:Cite book</ref>

Discography

• The Giants of Jazz (Atlantic, 1971)<ref name="All Star"/>
• The Giants of Jazz: Live in Prague 1971 (recorded at the Mezinárodní Jazz Festival on October 30, 1971; Impro-Jazz, 2006 DVD)<ref name="DVD"/>
• Giants of Jazz: Copenhagen 1971 (Standing Ovation, 2009 DVD)<ref name="DVD"/>

References

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