Dizzy Gillespie

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

61

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-10-21

Day of death

1993-01-06 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Cheraw, South Carolina, USA

Dizzy 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

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

    Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • The Muppet Show

    The Muppet Show

  • Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

    Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

  • Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

  • All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater

    All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater

  • The Jazz Ambassadors

    The Jazz Ambassadors

  • Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar

    Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar

  • El invierno en Lisboa

    El invierno en Lisboa

  • Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis

    Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis

  • Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

    Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

  • A Family Circus Easter

    A Family Circus Easter

  • Jazz: The Only Way of Life

    Jazz: The Only Way of Life

  • Improvisation

    Improvisation

  • Date with Dizzy

    Date with Dizzy

  • The Harlem Renaissance

    The Harlem Renaissance

  • The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best

    The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best

  • The Cosmic Eye

    The Cosmic Eye

  • Look at Life: Jazz All the Way

    Look at Life: Jazz All the Way

  • Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

    Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

  • A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba

    A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba

  • The Beginnings of Bebop

    The Beginnings of Bebop

  • A Great Day in Harlem

    A Great Day in Harlem

  • Bei Bio

    Bei Bio

  • Dizzy Gillespie

    Dizzy Gillespie

  • The Hole

    The Hole

  • Música para Sempre

    Música para Sempre

  • Maurice Baquet, The Accorded

    Maurice Baquet, The Accorded

  • The Hat

    The Hat

  • Amazonia

    Amazonia

  • Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

    Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

  • Jazz Casual

    Jazz Casual

  • Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall

    Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall

  • Dizzy's Dream Band

    Dizzy's Dream Band

  • Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

    Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

  • Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

    Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

  • Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong

    Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong

  • Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

    Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

  • Jazz Legends in Their Own Words

    Jazz Legends in Their Own Words

  • Brownie Speaks

    Brownie Speaks

  • Voyage to Next

    Voyage to Next

  • Slim Gaillard's Civilisation

    Slim Gaillard's Civilisation

  • Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith

    Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith

  • The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story

    The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story

  • Monterey Jazz Festival 1975

    Monterey Jazz Festival 1975

  • Jazz Is Our Religion

    Jazz Is Our Religion

  • The Music According to Tom Jobim

    The Music According to Tom Jobim

  • What's Happening

    What's Happening

  • Cool

    Cool

  • Jivin' in Bebop

    Jivin' in Bebop

  • Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70

    Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70

  • Didn't We Ramble On

    Didn't We Ramble On

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

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

  • Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal

    Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal

  • To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life

    To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life

  • Dizzy Gillespie Quartet - Berliner Jazztage 1974

    Dizzy Gillespie Quartet - Berliner Jazztage 1974