Dizzy Reece
| Dizzy Reece | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Alphonso Son Reece |
| Born |
5 January 1931 Kingston, Jamaica |
| Genres | Hard bop jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Trumpeter |
Alphonso Son "Dizzy" Reece (born 5 January 1931) is a Jamaican-born hard bop jazz trumpeter with a distinctive sound and compositional style. Dizzy Reece is one of the lesser-known but top-ranking, legendary Jamaican jazz musicians, a group that includes fellow Jamaican-born saxophonists Bertie King, Joe Harriott, Roland Alphonso, Wilton Gaynair, Sonny Bradshaw and Tommy McCook, trombonist Don Drummond, pianists Monty Alexander and Cecil Lloyd, bassists Lloyd Brevett, Coleridge Goode, guitarist Ernest Ranglin and percussionists Count Ossie and Lloyd Knibb.
Reece was born on 5 January 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 when he was 14 years old. A full-time musician from the age of 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. Recording with fine British musicians, he led several sessions in London in 1955-1957. Passing through London where his first Blue Note session took place, Donald Byrd and Art Taylor joined in for his strong first Blue Note album.
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