Dizzy Reece

  • Listeners

    42.8K

  • Scrobbles

    172.1K

  • Listeners

    42.8K

  • Scrobbles

    172.1K

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this artist

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Born
5 January 1931 (age 95)
Reece was born January 5, 1931 in Kingston, Jamaica, the son of a silent film pianist. He attended the Alpha Boys School (famed in Jamaica for its musical alumni), switching from baritone to trumpet at 14. A full-time musician from age 16, he moved to London in 1948 and spent the 1950s working in Europe, much of that time in Paris. He played with Don Byas, Kenny Clarke, Frank Foster and Thad Jones, among others. Winning praise from the likes of Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins, he emigrated to New York City in 1959, but found New York in the 1960s a struggle. Reece recorded a series of… read more
Reece was born January 5, 1931 in Kingston, Jamaica, the son of a silent film pianist. He attended the Alpha Boys School (famed in Jamaica for its musical alumni), switching from baritone to trumpet at 14. A full-time musician from age 16, he moved to London in 1948 and spent the 1950s workin… read more
Reece was born January 5, 1931 in Kingston, Jamaica, the son of a silent film pianist. He attended the Alpha Boys School (famed in Jamaica for its musical alumni), switching from baritone to trumpet at 14. A full-time musician from age 16, he moved to London in 1948 and spent the 1950s working in Europe, much of that time in Paris. He played with Don Byas, Kenny … read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Similar To

  1. Avatar for Jackie McLean

  2. Avatar for Donald Byrd

  3. Avatar for Horace Parlan
View all artists

Top Tracks

Rank Play Album Loved Track name Buy Options Listeners
1 Play track Blues in Trinity I Had the Craziest Dream
  • Loading
 102 listeners
2 Romantic Jazz Trumpet The Things We Did Last Summer
  • Loading
 28 listeners
3 The Capitol Vaults Jazz Series 'round About Midnight
  • Loading
 11 listeners
4 The Capitol Vaults Jazz Series Color Blind
  • Loading
 4 listeners
5 Play track Star Bright The Rake
  • Loading
 3 listeners
6 Play track Blues in Trinity Blues in Trinity
  • Loading
 3 listeners
7 The Capitol Vaults Jazz Series Just A Penny
  • Loading
 3 listeners
8 Play track Star Bright I'll Close My Eyes
  • Loading
 3 listeners
9 Play track Star Bright Groovesville
  • Loading
 2 listeners
10 Comin' On Comin' On
  • Loading
 2 listeners

View all tracks

Albums

  1. 22,240 listeners

    24 Aug 1958 · 6 tracks

    Blues in Trinity
    • Loading

  2. 14,543 listeners

    1 Jan 1960 · 9 tracks

    Comin' On
    • Loading

  3. 5,026 listeners

    1959 · 6 tracks

    Star Bright
    • Loading

  4. 1,033 listeners

    4 Apr 1960 · 6 tracks

    Soundin' Off
    • Loading

View all albums

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
48
48
34
45
53
52
64
69
58
62
74
67
62
57
61
81
57
72
66
68
50
62
102
74
57
59
79
57
54
55
59
60
58
48
46
45
61
51
50
59
62
62
73
76
77
53
68
61
59
55
64
58
55
56
47
61
66
77
52
57
56
57
64
58
57
59
57
47
47
65
45
73
56
65
61
62
55
67
67
66
62
56
57
61
53
48
63
78
47
59
59
52
53
70
59
50
55
46
47
53
65
65
69
62
46
48
58
64
65
66
62
51
61
61
62
49
62
57
60
46
47
66
59
59
51
24
19
18
17
18
14
13
12
17
11
12
16
18
20
16
22
22
15
15
16
18
14
26
14
23
13
17
15
19
16
17
17
27
22
23
19
15
24
14
15
20
12
15
18
19
24
20
23
15
17
27
17
31
31
22
26
22

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.

Add event View all events

Photos

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Join the conversation

Similar Artists

  1. 199,828 listeners

    Avatar for Jackie McLean

  2. 526,860 listeners

    Avatar for Donald Byrd

  3. 68,990 listeners

    Avatar for Horace Parlan

  4. 554,367 listeners

    Avatar for Lee Morgan

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss