Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

Deceased · Born: Oct 21, 1917 · Died: Jan 6, 1993

Personal Details

BornOct 21, 1917 Cheraw, South Carolina, USA

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

Career

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1986
The Cosmic Eye
The Cosmic Eye as The Musicians
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1982
A Family Circus Easter
A Family Circus Easter as Easter Bunny (voice)
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1972
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1962
The Hole
The Hole as (voice)
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2024
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2023
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2019
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2018
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2015
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2008
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2004
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1995
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1994
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1989
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1988
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1986
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1979
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1977
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1964
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1958
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1946