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John Lee, left, jazz bassist and executive director of the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, looks on as Penn State junior Mike Dice plays through a chart with the Centre Dimensions big band in Music Building II on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The interaction was part of a master class organized by Center for the Performing Arts as part of the professional band's concert tour stop at University Park, and took place before a concert that evening.
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George Trudeau, director of the Centre for the Performing Arts, introduces the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band on stage in Eisenhower Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The band, consisting of a number of musicians who played with jazz trumpet legend Dizzy Gillespie throughout his career, performed two sets with an encore, and was honored by a standing ovation at the conclusion of the concert.
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Roy Hargrove, leader of the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, introduces the group on stage in Eisenhower Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
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Roy Hargrove, front right, solos in front of the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band during the group's performance on stage in Eisenhower Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The concert consisted of two sets of big band jazz and swing music with an intermission. Members of the audience honored the musicians with a standing ovation at the close of the concert, which lasted more than two hours.
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Members of the trombone section of the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band perform on stage in Eisenhower Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
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Tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath solos with the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. The group performed at Eisenhower Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 28, its last engagement in the United States before heading off to Belgrade, Serbia, to kick off a European tour.
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Tenor saxophonist James Moody takes a solo out in front of the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band as it performs on stage in Eisenhower Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
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Pianist Cyrus Chestnut performs with the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band as the band performs on stage in Eisenhower Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Chestnut also visited Penn State earlier this year, as he was a clinician for the Penn State Jazz Festival on April 4.
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Vocalist Roberta Gambarini, left, sings with tenor saxophonist James Moody, right, during a vocal piece with the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band on stage in Eisenhower Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Gambarini was featured multiple times throughout the evening, including trading solos with instrumentalists as well as with Moody's vocals.
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The trumpet section of the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band performs with band leader Roy Hargrove, right, during the band's final number on stage in Eisenhower Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 28. In addition to this concert, members of the band led jazz master classes, organized by the Center for the Performing Arts' educational outreach arm, with the jazz ensembles of the local State College Area High School and the Penn State Centre Dimensions big band.
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The shadow of band leader Roy Hargrove is visible on stage as he directs the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band in Eisenhower Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
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Roy Hargrove, front, conducts the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band on stage in Eisenhower Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The concert consisted of two sets of big band jazz and swing music with an intermission. Members of the audience honored the musicians with a standing ovation at the close of the concert, which lasted more than two hours.
