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- Known for her sultry crooning, she enjoyed a 29-year career marked by several international tours and much critical acclaim. Then, in 1993, she told the world a truth she had never told anyone: she was the sole daughter of legendary jazz trumpeter and band leader Dizzy Gillespie.
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Mar 28, 1993 · Ms. Bryson, 34, who grew up in East Brunswick and lives in East Windsor, is the daughter of Dizzy Gillespie, the legendary jazz trumpeter who died on Jan. 6 at the age of 75.
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Feb 2, 2018 · Bryson, who is now working on a book about her memories with her father, spoke about growing up 50 percent Gillespie, her father’s impact on her career, and what it felt like to keep such a life-long secret.
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Jan 5, 2024 · Jeanie Bryson, 65, Gillespie’s daughter and an accomplished singer in her own right, lived in nearby LeFrak City along with her mother, the composer Connie Bryson, who was never married to ...
- Mia Jackson
Dec 4, 2017 · Songwriter Connie Bryson met Dizzy in 1953, at age 16, when she and a young male friend queued up for tickets to see him perform at Birdland, a New York jazz club. “We were standing on the stairs leading down to the club and heard a commotion behind us,” says Bryson.
Oct 18, 2007 · Bravo and hats off to you Connie Bryson. No one could have said it better. Jeanie Bryson’s own concert tribute to her father, The Dizzy Gillespie Songbook-Songs for my Father, has gotten...
Jul 6, 2016 · Vocalist Jeanie Bryson and her trio at the Hollywood Jazz Fest, 1991, singing Connie Bryson's composition, "Simple Song."
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Bryson is the daughter of composer Connie Bryson and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Her paternity was kept a secret until after Gillespie's death because he was married, but she occasionally saw him growing up.
