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Celebrating the Birthday Of Dizzy Gillespie

This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Dizzy Gillespie with our special guest, Hermon Mehari. A session with Dr. Pearl straightens out some crooked politicians and the lesser known Gillespie facts are revealed in a game of “So, What’s Your Question”.

Song List:

Doodlin’
Night In Tunisia
BeBop
Manteca
Birk’s Works
Woody n’ You
Con Alma
Blue n’ Boogie

Chris Prewitt is the Director of Technology and Broadcast Operations for KCUR 89.3. Email him at chris@kcur.org.
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