Cast
Dizzy Gillespie
Acting
Cast
Dizzy Gillespie
Known for
Acting
Born
1917-10-21
From
Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
Died
1993-01-06
Also known as John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie, John Birks Gillespie
Biography
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
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
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Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
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Música para Sempre
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All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
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A Great Day in Harlem
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The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story
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The Music According to Tom Jobim
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The Hole
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Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
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The Cosmic Eye
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Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
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The Harlem Renaissance
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El invierno en Lisboa
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The Jazz Ambassadors
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Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
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The Hat
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Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
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Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
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The Beginnings of Bebop
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Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
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Improvisation
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Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
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Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
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Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith
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Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
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A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba
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Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
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Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
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Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal
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Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
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Jazz: The Only Way of Life
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Amazonia
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Dizzy Gillespie
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Cool
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Slim Gaillard's Civilisation
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Voyage to Next
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Brownie Speaks
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The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
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Jazz Is Our Religion
A Family Circus Easter
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Maurice Baquet, The Accorded
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Date with Dizzy
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To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life
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Didn't We Ramble On
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Jivin' in Bebop
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Dizzy Gillespie Quartet @ Berliner Jazztage 1974
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Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70
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Dizzy's Dream Band
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Look at Life: Jazz All the Way
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Jazz Club 2
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
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