Wycliffe Gordon and Friends Explore the Symmetry Between the Sacred and the Secular

Clearly, the late Dizzy Gillespie served as a role model, showing that instrumental virtuosity and the intellectual side of jazz are not inapposite to uproarious humor and rabble-rousing hi-jinx.

Hreinn Gudlaugsson via Wikimedia Commons
Wycliffe Gordon performing with Aarhus Jazz Orchestra, September 2018. Hreinn Gudlaugsson via Wikimedia Commons

Wycliffe Gordon and Friends
Dizzy’s Club
Through October 29

When one attends the late show at Dizzy’s, there’s often bad news accompanying the good vibes: If you don’t time it properly, you may have to wait in a long line. Of course, it’s nice to know that jazz is so popular that people are willing to line up to hear it.  

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