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When Jon Faddis burst on the jazz scene as a teenager, observers were amazed by his technique and his ability to sound like an identical twin of <a href="spotify:artist:5RzjqfPS0Bu4bUMkyNNDpn">Dizzy Gillespie</a> (whose complex style had never been successfully duplicated before). After a period, he was typecast as a <a href="spotify:artist:5RzjqfPS0Bu4bUMkyNNDpn">Dizzy</a> imitator but Faddis' remarkable range (hitting higher notes than <a href="spotify:artist:5RzjqfPS0Bu4bUMkyNNDpn">Gillespie</a> ever could) and the gradual development of his individual sound have helped him overcome the early fault. In fact, Faddis can now also imitate <a href="spotify:artist:4RvXA7BDgqNgGDjsSSJnPc">Roy Eldridge</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:19eLuQmk9aCobbVDHc6eek">Louis Armstrong</a> quite well, too. <a href="spotify:artist:5RzjqfPS0Bu4bUMkyNNDpn">Gillespie</a> was always Faddis' idol, from the time he started playing trumpet at age eight. After moving to New York in the early '70s, Faddis played with <a href="spotify:artist:2PjgZkwAEk7UTin4jP6HLP">Lionel Hampton</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1W8TbFzNS15VwsempfY12H">Charles Mingus</a> (guesting on a recorded concert with the bassist when <a href="spotify:artist:4RvXA7BDgqNgGDjsSSJnPc">Roy Eldridge</a> became ill) and then recorded two notable albums for Pablo including a duet session with <a href="spotify:artist:6zkX5fhrSD4tdVOmimR9wB">Oscar Peterson</a>. After playing a bit with <a href="spotify:artist:5RzjqfPS0Bu4bUMkyNNDpn">Gillespie</a> (their best encounters in the mid-'70s were unfortunately not recorded), Faddis seemed to disappear, sticking to studio work and playing first trumpet with <a href="spotify:artist:6DbqS0X8cSFOPGsvyze2yh">the Thad Jones</a>/<a href="spotify:artist:5PtUH47QRq9KsQ7x4GibsI">Mel Lewis Orchestra</a>. After re-emerging in the mid-'80s, Faddis recorded for Concord and Epic and in 1993 became the musical director of <a href="spotify:artist:33d6KfIiLy2DZKZ3Ol4qXa">the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra</a>. He released Teranga on Koch in 2006. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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