Alumni of Gillespie's orchestras and new players convene in the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars Big Band, with longtime Gillespie sidemen musical director Slide Hampton (trombone) and executive director John Lee (bass) running the show on New Year's Eve at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.

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And then like in a band called the Jazz Masters, it was conducted by Slide Hampton, I met Jimmy and he told me I'm working the program, jazz program at Queens College, so if you want to finish your Master's, maybe we can work out something.

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