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The Beginnings of Bebop

05/19/1981

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0hr 25min

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Documentary

A Tour of New York with Dizzy Gillespie

STORY

Willie Ruff, musician, composer, educator, filmmaker, and Yale School of Music alumnus was on the faculty of the Yale School of Music from 1971 until his retirement in 2017. He directed and produced this short film which follows Dizzy Gillespie and Ruff’s musical partner Dwike Mitchell on a tour of key locations in the history of bebop in New York City. Gillespie led the filmmakers to Minton’s Playhouse, Carnegie Hall, the former site of the Savoy Ballroom, and made an unannounced stop at Miles’ Davis home. (Yale Film Archive)

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Dizzy Gillespie
  • Miles Davis
  • Dwike Mitchell

    Director

  • Willie Ruff

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    Dizzy Gillespie

    Self

    Miles Davis

    Self

    Dwike Mitchell

    Self