Hot House

Dizzy Gillespie · 1945 (year to be confirmed)

Context

Composition by Tadd Dameron from 1945, built on the chord changes of Cole Porter's "What Is This Thing Called Love?" Having become an emblematic bebop theme, it is associated with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie; their Massey Hall version (May 1953) is the best known. It also appears on the Savoy compilation "Groovin' High."

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's). Among the origins and influences of Bebop: Kansas City, Swing, big bands.

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Oct 16, 2026: Hot House : Parker, Gillespie, Powell, Mingus et Roach, histoire d’un concert de légende (Pour qui sonne le jazz, TSF Jazz, in French)

By the same artist

• Salt Peanuts (1945)
• Groovin' High (1945)
• All the Things You Are (1945)
• A Night in Tunisia (1946)
• Manteca (1947)
• Cubana Be, Cubana Bop (1947)

Sources

• EN: Hot House (composition)
• EN: Groovin' High (Dizzy Gillespie album)

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