Dizzy Gillespie for President! Revisiting the Jazz Giant’s Quixotic 1964 Campaign

Kamala’s Surging Campaign • Walz Takes the Stage • Trump Is Still Trump [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Dizzy Gillespie for President! Revisiting the Jazz Giant’s Quixotic 1964 Campaign Good Saturday morning! With Kamala Harris’s campaign surging, Inside the Hive host Brian Stelter [checked in]( with Politico’s Eugene Daniels, who has closely covered the VP during the Biden years, while Bess Levin [wrote]( about how Harris’s new running mate, Tim Walz, is showing he “can do it all,” from warning about Donald Trump’s threat to democracy to making a JD Vance couch joke at a rally. Elsewhere, Chris Smith [explored]( how Harris is navigating ongoing concerns about the economy, while Molly Jong-Fast [reminded]( us that “Trump doesn’t change,” which was evident at Thursday’s [unhinged press conference](. And in a break from 2024, Will Friedwald [ventured]( back to 1964, when jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie ran as an independent candidate for president, promising to support groups like CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference. As Sonny Rollins said, “It was a positive thing for Dizzy in his own mind. A joke, but not a joke. Dizzy was aware of the whole dynamic.” Thanks for reading and we’ll see you back Monday. —Michael Calderone, editor [Image may contain: Dizzy Gillespie, Face, Head, Person, Photography, Portrait, Clothing, T-Shirt, Happy, and Smile]( [Dizzy Gillespie for President! Revisiting the Jazz Giant’s Quixotic 1964 Campaign]( By [Will Friedwald]( [Miles Davis…for CIA chief? Malcolm X for attorney general? Why did the jazz master make a tongue-in-cheek run for the White House?]( [Read more button](   [What’s Behind Kamala Harris’s Surging Campaign and the Wave of Walzmentum]( By [Brian Stelter]( [Politico’s Eugene Daniels reflects on his years covering the VP and Democratic nominee, from the challenges she faced in the Biden White House to the shift in her communication style.]( [Read more button](   [Tim Walz Shows He Can Do It All (Warn Against the Dangers of Donald Trump and Make a JD Vance Couch-F--king Joke)]( By [Bess Levin]( [The Minnesota governor contains multitudes.]( [Read more button](   [Can Kamala Harris Throw Out Biden’s Economic Baggage?]( By [Chris Smith]( [The vice president is inheriting an unpredictable and fragile post-pandemic recovery, as evidenced by the latest market swings. And even if Harris is “a far superior communicator,” says one insider, Americans are “still feeling the pinch of cost.”]( [Read more button](   [Image may contain: Tie, Accessories, Accessory, Electrical Device, Microphone, Human, Person, Suit, Coat, and Clothing]( [Donald Trump Doesn’t Change]( By [Molly Jong-Fast]( [Instead of resetting his 2024 campaign, the GOP nominee is offering America a 2016 rerun.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast