During a jazz festival on the South Lawn, Carter enthusiastically joined Dizzy Gillespie for a rendition of “Salt Peanuts,” proving he wasn’t afraid to lean into the music’s ...

and a historic jazz concert that saw the President singing "Salt Peanuts" with Dizzy Gillespie … paying tribute to the great Charles Mingus … and extending the curfew so the avant-garde ...

One of the most unforgettable moments of the jazz concert occurred when Dizzy Gillespie invited Carter to sing along to his iconic bebop tune, “Salt Peanuts”. Without missing a beat ...

Musician Richard Blair got the surprise of his life when he was invited to play for President Jimmy Carter, who visited Tahoe ...

He was the first president to have jazz in the White House, and performed “Salt Peanuts” with Dizzy Gillespie and Max Roach. Carter probably is better known and more highly regarded for his ...

bringing Dizzy Gillespie, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Max Roach, and more to the South Lawn. Carter asked Gillespie to play his song “Salt Peanuts,” and Gillespie obliged, on the condition ...

Former President Jimmy Carter's close friends included the likes of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and the Allman brothers.

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As an encore, Mr. Carter — the former peanut farmer — joined Dizzy Gillespie to deliver the two-word chorus of a bebop standard: “Salt Peanuts.” Jon Pareles has been The Times’s chief ...