Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, and Billy Taylor discuss jazz and Africa (with examples)

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A longer-form discussion of jazz and its potential antecedents in the music and culture of western Africa between Conover and pianist Billy Taylor, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and bandleader and composer Quincy Jones. This version of the discussion includes examples. This material may have been used in Music USA #2352-B.

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Conover, Willis 1962.

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A longer-form discussion of jazz and its potential antecedents in the music and culture of western Africa between Conover and pianist Billy Taylor, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and bandleader and composer Quincy Jones. This version of the discussion includes examples. This material may have been used in Music USA #2352-B.

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Music Library Conover Collection

This small selection of program lists, recording schedules, and promos comes from the collection of Willis Conover (1920-1996), a jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for over forty years. A much larger collection of Conover materials--including some 22,000 recordings--is available in tangible form at the UNT Music Library.

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  • 1962

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  • Dec. 13, 2017, 1:32 p.m.

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  • Aug. 8, 2019, 1:50 p.m.

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Conover, Willis. Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, and Billy Taylor discuss jazz and Africa (with examples), audio recording, 1962; Washington, DC. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1046775/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.

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