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S1989E17: Slim Gaillard's Civilisation (3): My Dinner with Dizzy

Arena · Season 1989
Aired 05 Nov 1989 at 8:00pm (UTC)
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Synopsis

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.

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