"Con Alma" by Ira Sullivan

"Con Alma" by Ira Sullivan

"Con Alma" by Ira Sullivan

Orlando (Fla.)

Music--United States

Jazz--United States

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.

Gillespie, Dizzy

Original 7-minute and 52-second audio recording: Gillespie, Dizzy. "Con Alma," by Ira Sullivan: WUCF-FM, Orlando, Florida, December 8, 2006.

2006-12-08

2006-12-08

2006-12-08

Sullivan, Ira

Jazz Collection, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida

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7-minute and 52-second audio recording

Sound

WUCF-FM, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida

Young Musicians Camp, University of Miami, Miami, Florida

Chicago, Illinois

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Originally created by Dizzy Gillespie, performed by Ira Sullivan, and published by WUCF-FM.

Copyright to this resource is held by Dizzy Gillespie and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Cravero, Geoffrey

"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).