European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Dizzy still Dazzles after 50 years the peripatetic dizzy Gillespie is still travelling the world a at age 75.by Peter Watrous new York times Over the next month dizzy Gillespie will probably Wade through a night in Tunisia 50 More times considering that he s been playing the tune twice a night 300 nights a year for the last 50 or so years another 50 times wont mean a thing. The idea does t seem to bother him. Quot even night in Tunisia does t bore me in a never bored Quot Gillespie said last week before Rushing off to perform the Star spangled Banner at the new York kicks game at Madison Square Garden Quot there s always a new Way to play  what makes these last 50 so unusual is that Gillespie one of the fathers of be Bop and an icon of jazz will be playing them in the same place for a month. He is booked at the Blue note in new York where 30 to 40 musicians both perform with him and pay tribute to him. Its part of a yearlong Celebration of Gillespie s 75th birthday which will be on oct. 21. He will also appear in latin America Europe and South Africa in an appearance approved by Nelson Mandela and this month he will release the Winter in Lisbon in which he stars. So the Blue note performances Are a rarity for the country a Best known trumpet player. Gillepsie who flies More than 300,000 Miles a year does t stay in one place too Long. The show brings together an extraordinary group of musicians Jimmy Heath on saxophone slide Hampton on trombone Kenny Barron on piano Bob Cranshaw on Bass and Elvin Jones on Drums. They have All with the exception of Jones put in their time under Gillespie s leadership. Gillespie s pleasure in the group makes him Grope for words. Quot of wow that group is Good Quot he said Over lunch in a Midtown restaurant. Quot i be been playing with Kenny a since he was a Little kid and he and Jimmy know How i think better than i do. Cranshaw has a beat like a Gorilla. And i want Elvin to play like he usually does hard Quot for Heath who first joined Gillespie s big band in the Early 1940s, the show will be a Homecoming. A a dts is my guru my teacher Quot Heath said. Quot when i joined his band after being in love with his and Charlie Parker a music it was a dream come True. My brother Percy and i had followed the band around we were even wearing his costume berets and thin artist ties. It was a school in arranging and composing and True improvisation because dizzy never played the same thing in the same place Quot Heath said he and John Coltrane who was also in the band would note the Way the trumpeter introduced his Solo in i can t get started Quot he d play it differently each time and we d look at each other in amazement Quot Heath recalled. Quot in that period he was far Superior to anybody Thal played readers action Lin Only officers pay subsistence fee it As a services Nernberg i feel that there has been a wrong done to the Active duty members stationed in Europe the recent article Quot Dod raising civilian health care fees Quot slated that the Cost of Hospital inpatient care for fiscal year 1992 Active duty is $4 80. Down 10 cents the article also stated Thal the Cost of the same care for retired enlisted is Zero nothing zip not a thug. No charge a my question is. Why Are Active duty military charged for health care9 if the charge is Tor meals then Why do we lose our separate rations when admitted to the hospital9 the retired enlisted have no More or less benefits than the Active Force and i still have to eat just like the retired enlisted the retired enlisted must pay for food the same As i do they have the same Access to the commissary is this the Way Hie government takes care of the trumpet anybody. Dizzy was the  the second week at the Blue note will feature Gillespie s 13-piece afro cuban jazz band the United nation orchestra which includes the saxophonist Paquito d Rivera the trumpeter Claudio Roditi the percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo the saxophonist Mario Rivera the drummer Charli Persip and the pianist Danilo Perez latin musicians who Gillespie says Quot love our music More than the original  Quot these Guys play be Bop better than be Bop Guys play latin Quot he said Quot but it s the mixture that i like. I love playing it i m not an authority but i know it pretty Well. I love the  the third week has a slew of saxophonists including a handful of younger players Tim Warfield David Sanchez Vincent herring Antonio Hart a to balance out the older masters. Benny Golson will appear As will Jackie Mclean Clifford Jordan David fathead Newman Hank Crawford and More. For Jackie Mclean a member of one of the first groups of Young musicians to absorb the lessons of Gillespie and Charlie Parker the show is a Way of getting closer to the source. Military and promises the Quality of life to which Alt Are entitled i feel that we have just lost another one of the benefits that the Active duty has been working so hard for i can t wait to retire staff sgt. Daniel r. Underhill Bremerhaven Germany a Mai. Gen. Michael j. Scotti jr.,. Commander 7th medical come replies the Chart in the stars and stripes article was As Are most charts incomplete. The charges rendered at military treatment facilities Are based on statute and were originally connected with recoupment of monies paid to Active duty members for food and for the Cost of food to others the $4 80 charge is the current daily inpatient subsistence rate paid Only by officer personnel enlisted service members who Are not on separate rations have nothing deducted from their pay those enlisted members who Are on separate rations lose them during the time they Are an inpatient in the Hospital Quot i first heard dizzy and Bird on a tune called sorta Kinda on a record by Trummy Young and then two Days later i heard them on Koko Quot recalled Mclean who has begun to play occasionally with Gillespie at festivals and concerts Quot i had heard All sorts of great music As a kid but when i heard them i locked in and i knew what i wanted to say. Quot dizzy s one of my greatest heros and idols. In be hungered to play with him and i  be More motivated by the Chance historically he belongs to the special club of Only five trumpeters a buddy Bolden Freddy repperd King Oliver Louis Armstrong and dizzy. I m so Happy he s alive and reigning. As Long As he s Here he s the King a for his final weak Gillespie will be joined by trumpeters including one of his first disciples red Rodney his protege Jon Faddis and the be Bop trumpeter Donald Byrd. Doc a Balham who played along Side Gillespie in cab Calloway s orchestra will be there too along with some of the better Young trumpeters now on the jazz scene Wynton Marsalis Wallace Roney Roy Hargrove and Terence Blanchard. After retirement the enlisted member gets no separate rations so there is no charge. The charge and its relationship to real costs Are somewhat arbitrary and interestingly charged whether or not the patient in the Hospital is eating anything these subsistence charges and the calculations that determine them Are mandated by Federal statute. To write us readers action line is the readers Quot court of last resort Quot striving to answer some of the questions about life overseas in a military environment or questions about policies and guidelines when other avenues for answers Are not readily available. If you have a question and done to know where to turn for the answer write to readers action line co the stars and stripes Apoate 09211 Alt letters must be signed and preference will be Given to those seeking information of general interest to our readers. Page 16 a the stars and stripes monday january 13, 1992