Google Doodle Celebrates Dizzy Gillespie's Birthday
If you ask today's casual jazz listener to name some of history's transformative musicians, they'll probably rattle off names like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington or Charlie Parker, before getting around to Dizzy Gillespie. Google, however, certainly hasn't forgotten the legendary jazz trumpeter, and, in honor of what would've been his 93rd birthday, unveiled a dizzyingly colorful homepage ...
Remember back when you just couldn't escape that iconic Nokia ringtone? Not only were those descending triplets softly cascading out of everybody's pockets and purses, once you heard it, it was pretty well near impossible to erase from your brain.
Now, in the smartphone era of BBM beeps and iPhone Marimbas, this catchiest of catchy ringtones has become more of a cultural relic than anything ...








