Dizzy Atmosphere

This article is about the composition by Dizzy Gillespie. For the album, see Dizzy Atmosphere (album).

Dizzy Atmosphere is a jazz standard by Dizzy Gillespie originally recorded in 1945 with Charlie Parker.[1][2]

Harmonically, it is based on the chord progression found in George Gershwin's I Got Rhythm, or "rhythm changes" as referred to in jazz.

  1. ^ DeVeaux, Scott Knowles (1999). The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History. University of California Press. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-520-21665-5.
  2. ^ Koch, Lawrence O. (1 January 1988). Yardbird Suite: A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker. Popular Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-87972-260-9.