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Slim Gaillard's Civilisation (3): My Dinner with Dizzy

This week Slim Gaillard cooks dinner for his old friend Dizzy Gillespie. They discuss the English language and their contributions to it - "bebop" and "Vout-o-reenee". They also recall working with Charlie Parker, and conjure up the ghosts of the other great names of 52nd Street in its jazz heyday. And from Hollywood - memories of the days when the likes of Bob Hope and Marlene Dietrich were swapping items from Gaillard's Vout-o-reenee dictionary.

English
  • Originally Aired November 5, 1989
  • Runtime 90 minutes
  • Network BBC Two
  • Created October 5, 2019 by
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