Dizzy Gillespie
Acting
Born: October 21, 1917 · Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
Died: January 6, 1993 (aged 75)
Highest Rated
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
Photos (1)
Movies (9)
Voyage to Next
Father Time (voice)
Jazz Club 2
2022
The Hole
(voice)
A Family Circus Easter
Easter Bunny (voice)
El invierno en Lisboa
Bill Swann
Jazz Is Our Religion
1972
Amazonia
(voice)
The Cosmic Eye
The Musicians
Didn't We Ramble On
Narrator
TV Shows (1)
Self / Appearances (41)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 2 eps
Great Performances
Self · 2 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 3 eps
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · 2 eps
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star · 1 eps
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Jazz Casual
Self - Trumpet · 1 eps
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Self (archive footage)
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Self (archive footage)
Slim Gaillard's Civilisation
Self
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
Self (archive footage)
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Self
The Harlem Renaissance
Self (archive footage)
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Self
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
Self
Date with Dizzy
Self
The Last of the Blue Devils
Self (archive footage)
A Great Day in Harlem
Self
Jivin' in Be-Bop
Self
Improvisation
Self
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Self (archive footage)
Movie Music Man: A Portrait of Lalo Schifrin
Self - Musician, Trumpet
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Self (archive footage)
Maurice Baquet, The Accorded
Self (archive footage)
Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
Self - trompettiste
Dizzy Gillespie
Self
The Beginnings of Bebop
Self
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
Self
Jazz: The Only Way of Life
Self (archive footage)
The Jazz Ambassadors
Self (archive footage)
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
Self
Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70
Self
Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
Self
Brownie Speaks
Self
Music in Monk Time
Self
A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba
Self - Trumpet
Dizzy Gillespie Quartet @ Berliner Jazztage 1974
Self
