Name: Dizzy
Brand: Dizzy

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

4003288430

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Green

Colour details

Transparent Emerald

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

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Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-08-18

Signed copies

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Supplier US

Unive­rsal

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

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044003288430

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Green LP

4003288447

Extended format: No

Digipak

044003288447

Artist

Dizzy

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Royal Mountain

Dizzy, an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer, was known as "the sound of surprise". He played a pivotal role in the development of bebop and influenced numerous musicians. Dizzy also contributed to Afro-Cuban jazz by incorporating complex poly-rhythms and adding conga to his orchestra. Throughout his career, he received numerous awards and honors for his contributions to music.

Career highlights include being awarded the New Star Award from Esquire Magazine in 1944 and performing at the first integrated concert in public school in Cheraw, SC in 1959. In 1972, Dizzy became the first jazz musician appointed by the US Department of State for a cultural mission. He received several prestigious awards such as the Handel Medallion from the City of New York and the Paul Robeson Award from Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies.

Notable performances include playing at the White House for President Carter and the Shah of Iran in 1977 and performing "Salt Peanuts" with President Carter at a White House Jazz Concert in 1978. Dizzy was also recognized with inductions into both the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame. His lifetime achievements were acknowledged through various accolades including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Kennedy Center Honors Award, National Medal of Arts from President Bush, Duke Ellington Award from ASCAP (the society of Composers Authors and Publishers), as well as

Celebrated alt-pop project Dizzy are back with their new self-titled album, produced by David Pramik (Selena Gomez, chloe moriondo). Singles have been featured by Dork, Line of Best Fit, Under the Radar, Brooklyn Vegan, The Independent, Ones to Watch, and BBC Radio 1 and 2. Dizzy has released two albums so far, 2018’s Baby Teeth and 2020’s The Sun and Her Scorch. Both albums received critical acclaim and were nominated for Canada’s Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year, which Baby Teeth won.

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