The Los Angeles Jazz Scene of the 1950’s from Robert Gordon’s “Jazz West Coast” article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Jazz West Coast » The Los Angeles Jazz Scene of the 1950’s from Robert Gor… Modern jazz burst upon the Los Angeles scene in December of 1945, when trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie brought his all- star sextet west from New York for an eight-week engagement at Billy Berg’s Hollywood nightclub. […]