https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/browse?tags=Dizzy+Gillespie&%3Boutput=rss2&output=atom2024-03-29T01:05:43+00:00Omekahttps://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4862Afro. The song combines aspects of bebop jazz and Latin rhythm.]]>2016-10-11T14:28:08+00:00
An audio recording of "Con Alma," composed by Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) and performed by Ira Sullivan (b. 1931) live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 8, 2006. A multi-instrumentalist, Sullivan was a crucial part of the Chicago jazz scene of the 1950s, performing with numerous artists, including a stint with Art Blakey (1919-1990) and the Jazz Messengers in 1956. He left the spotlight and moved to Florida to raise his family in the early 1960s, eventually starting a quintet with Red Rodney (1927-1994). Sullivan taught summers at the University of Miami's Young Musician's Camp, in which professional musicians and faculty from the UM School of Music instructed students between 7 and 18 years old in classical music, jazz, rock, songwriting, composition, and musical theater. "Con Alma" is a jazz standard written and recorded by Gillespie for his 1954 album, Afro. The song combines aspects of bebop jazz and Latin rhythm.
Creator
Gillespie, Dizzy
Source
Original 7-minute and 52-second audio recording: Gillespie, Dizzy. "Con Alma," by Ira Sullivan: WUCF-FM, Orlando, Florida, December 8, 2006.
"About WUCF." WUCF.ucf.edu. http://wucf.ucf.edu/about.php (accessed March 9, 2015)
Meredith, Bill. "Ira Sullivan: Family First." Jazz Times, December 2007. http://jazztimes.com/articles/19200-ira-sullivan-family-first (Accessed March 23, 2015).