Dizzy Gillespie
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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".

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Films Featuring Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall

1989

The Beginnings of Bebop

1981

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

20217.4

The Hat

The Hat

19649.0

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

2022

Voyage to Next

19745.3

Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong

20088.5

The Last of the Blue Devils

19798.0

Dizzy Gillespie

19647.0

The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best

The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best

2009

Slim Gaillard's Civilisation

1989

Cool

Cool

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

20197.1

The Harlem Renaissance

20046.0

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

2006

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

19669.0

Improvisation

2004

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

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

2011

A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba

19898.5

The Cosmic Eye

19866.3

A Family Circus Easter

19828.5

Date with Dizzy

19564.8

Música para Sempre

Música para Sempre

19808.0

The Hole

19625.9

Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal

Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal

20025.0

The Music According to Tom Jobim

20127.0

El invierno en Lisboa

19914.7

Brownie Speaks

201410.0

Didn't We Ramble On

1989

The Jazz Ambassadors

20187.0

Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar

19958.0

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

20189.0

Amazonia

19909.0

Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis

Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis

1986

Jazz: The Only Way of Life

20198.3

Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

1985

Monterey Jazz Festival 1975

1998

Jivin' in Bebop

19466.5

A Great Day in Harlem

19946.6

Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

20226.8

Dizzy's Dream Band

Dizzy's Dream Band

1982

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

20247.7

Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

1967

Jazz Legends in Their Own Words

2014

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

20206.9

To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life

To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life

1990

Maurice Baquet, The Accorded

202310.0

Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

19925.2

Dizzy Gillespie Quartet @ Berliner Jazztage 1974

1974

Jazz Is Our Religion

197210.0

Look at Life: Jazz All the Way

Look at Life: Jazz All the Way

1963

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

19909.0

Jazz Club 2

2022

Movie Music Man: A Portrait of Lalo Schifrin

1993

Olympic Gala

Olympic Gala

1984