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 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".
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Filmography
all 58
Movies 49
self 44
TV Shows 9
Narrator 1
Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970 (2022)
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs (2022)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
Jazz: The Only Way of Life (2019)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure (2018)
The Jazz Ambassadors (2018)
Brownie Speaks (2014)
Music According to Tom Jobim (2012)
All-Star Jazz Show: Live From The Ed Sullivan Theater (2011)
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best (2009)
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong (2008)
Jazz Giants of the 20th Century (2007)
Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70 (2006)
Improvisation (2004)
Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal (2002)
I'll Make Me a World (1999)
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 (1998)
My Universe Inside Out (1996)
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar (1995)
A Great Day in Harlem (1994)
El invierno en Lisboa (1991)
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990)
Amazonia (1990)
Slim Gaillard's Civilisation (1989)
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker (1989)
A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba (1989)
Didn't We Ramble On (1989)
Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1989)
Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger (1988)
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis (1986)
The Cosmic Eye (1986)
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985) (1985)
Bei Bio (1983)
A Family Circus Easter (1982)
Dizzy's Dream Band (1982)
The Beginnings of Bebop (1981)
Música para Sempre (1980)
The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story (1979)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Voyage to Next (1974)
Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
Jazz is Our Religion (1972)
Great Performances (1971)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith (1966)
The Hat (1964)
Dizzy Gillespie (1964)
The Hole (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Jazz Casual (1961)
A Smattering of Spots (1958)
Date with Dizzy (1958)
Things to Come (1953)
No. 4: Fast Track (1947)
Jivin' in Bebop (1946)
Masters Of American Music
Cool
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GenderMale
Birthday1917-10-21
Deathday1993-01-06 (75 years old)
Birth NameJohn Birks Gillespie
Birth PlaceCheraw, United States of America
ReligionBaháʼí Faith
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJohn Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie, John Birks Gillespie
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Paul Acket Award, NEA Jazz Masters
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