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Oct 21, 2023 · October 21, 2023. By. Richard Havers. Photo: William Gottlieb/Redferns. Dizzy Gillespie was crazy, unpredictable, brash, extrovert, stylish – and he was also a trumpet virtuoso, a jazz icon,...
About Dizzy Gillespie. John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie, along with Charlie Parker, ushered in the era of Bebop in the American jazz tradition. He was born Cheraw, South Carolina, and was the youngest of nine children. He began playing piano at the age of four and received a music scholarship to the Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina.
Jan 5, 2018 · Dizzy Gillespie and His Bent Trumpet. Here’s how the Smithsonian acquired the instrument of one of the world’s most influential and unconventional American jazz musicians
About Dizzy Gillespie. John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie, along with Charlie Parker, ushered in the era of Bebop in the American jazz tradition. He was born Cheraw, South Carolina, and was the youngest of nine children. He began playing piano at the age of four and received a music scholarship to the Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina.
Jan 6, 1993 · John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie. Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader. 1982 NEA Jazz Master. Cheraw, South Carolina. Date of birth: Oct 21, 1917. Date of death: Jan 06, 1993. Photo by William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Bio.
Jan 7, 1993 · Dizzy Gillespie, the trumpet player whose role as a founding father of modern jazz made him a major figure in 20th-century American music and whose signature moon cheeks and bent trumpet made...
Dizzy Gillespie's Discography. 1937-49 The Complete RCA Victor Recordings. 1941: The Immortal Charlie Christian (with Christian, Thelonious Monk, Delta Music re-released on Laserlight cassette) 1950: Bird & Diz. 1952: Dee Gee Days – The Savoy Sessions.
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