A respected hard bop trumpet player, Dizzy Reece was part of a wave of Jamaican
musicians who made an impact on the European and American jazz scenes. The son
of a silent film pianist. Alphonso Son Reece was born on January 5, 1931, in
Kingston, Jamaica. He started training on the baritone saxophone but switched to
the trumpet as a teenager. He relocated to Europe and spent time recording and
gigging in London, England and Paris, France with various jazz ensembles. Dizzy
Reece then began his recording career as a band leader in the mid-1950s and
released several albums - A New St...