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Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

Birthday: 1917-10-21 | Place of Birth: Cheraw, South Carolina, USA

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (/ɡɪˈlɛspi/; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer. Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge[2] but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz. His combination of musicianship, showmanship, and wit made him a leading popularizer of the new music called bebop. His beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, his scat singing, his bent horn, pouched cheeks and his light-hearted personality provided some of bebop's most prominent symbols. In the 1940s Gillespie, with Charlie Parker, became a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. He taught and influenced many other musicians, including trumpeters Miles Davis, Jon Faddis, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Lee Morgan, Chuck Mangione, and balladeer Johnny Hartman. AllMusic's Scott Yanow wrote: "Dizzy Gillespie's contributions to jazz were huge. One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time, Gillespie was such a complex player that his contemporaries ended up being similar to those of Miles Davis and Fats Navarro instead, and it was not until Jon Faddis's emergence in the 1970s that Dizzy's style was successfully recreated [....] Arguably Gillespie is remembered, by both critics and fans alike, as one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Known For

Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970

Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970   2022

Release Date: 
2022

Rating: 0

genres: 
Music
Stars: 
Dizzy Gillespie
The Jazz Ambassadors
The Jazz Ambassadors

The Jazz Ambassadors   2018

Release Date: 
2018

Rating: 7.5

genres: 
Documentary
Stars: 
Leslie Odom Jr.  /  Quincy Jones  /  Dizzy Gillespie
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975

Monterey Jazz Festival 1975   1998

Release Date: 
1998

Rating: 5.5

genres: 
Music
Stars: 
Bill Evans  /  Dizzy Gillespie  /  Chuck Mangione
The Cosmic Eye
The Cosmic Eye

The Cosmic Eye   1986

Release Date: 
1986

Rating: 6

genres: 
Animation  /  Science Fiction  /  Music
Stars: 
Maureen Stapleton  /  Jack Warden  /  Dizzy Gillespie
Voyage to Next
Voyage to Next

Voyage to Next   1974

Release Date: 
1974

Rating: 6.1

genres: 
Animation
The Hole
The Hole

The Hole   1962

Release Date: 
1962

Rating: 6.2

genres: 
Animation
Stars: 
George Mathews  /  Dizzy Gillespie

Acting

2018
The Jazz Ambassadors

as    Self (archive footage)

1998
1986
The Cosmic Eye

as    The Musicians

1974
Voyage to Next

as    Father Time (voice)

1962
The Hole

as    (voice)

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