Groovin' High

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"Groovin' High" is a landmark bebop jazz composition and recording that helped define Dizzy Gillespie's innovative style and the bebop movement of the 1940s.

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Label Occurrences
Groovin' High canonical 4
Groovin’ High 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bebop standard ⓘ
jazz composition ⓘ
jazz standard ⓘ
associatedWith Dizzy Gillespie big band arrangements ⓘ
basedOn 1920s popular song ⓘ
Whispering ⓘ
composer Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
era 1940s ⓘ
firstRecordedBy Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
form 32-bar song form ⓘ
AABA form ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
hasType contrafact ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped define Dizzy Gillespie's innovative style ⓘ
helped define the bebop movement of the 1940s ⓘ
landmark bebop recording ⓘ
influenced modern jazz repertoire ⓘ
isStandardIn bebop jam sessions ⓘ
jazz education repertoire ⓘ
key E-flat major ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movement bebop movement ⓘ
notablePerformer Bud Powell ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Dexter Gordon ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Sonny Stitt ⓘ
notableRecordingArtist Dizzy Gillespie and His All-Stars ⓘ
performancePractice features extended improvisation choruses ⓘ
often played at fast jam-session tempos ⓘ
recordingFormat 78 rpm single ⓘ
styleCharacteristic advanced improvisation ⓘ
complex harmonies ⓘ
fast tempos ⓘ
tempo up-tempo ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation alto saxophone ⓘ
double bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
piano ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
usesChordChangesOf Whispering ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dizzy Gillespie → notableWork → Groovin' High ⓘ
John Birks Gillespie → notableWork → Groovin' High ⓘ
subject linked to: John
John Birks Gillespie → notableWork → Groovin' High ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie → notableWork → Groovin' High ⓘ
subject linked to: Dizzy
Accentuate the Positive → hasTrack → Groovin’ High ⓘ
subject linked to: album "Accentuate the Positive"
linked to: Groovin' High