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Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 21, 1917
Died Jan 06, 1993 (75)
Birthplace Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Apr 29, 2024
Entry Date Apr 29, 2024
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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 pr ... eviously 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

Known For

Filmography

Amazonia

Amazonia

1990

as (voice)

The Cosmic Eye

The Cosmic Eye

1986

as The Musicians

A Family Circus Easter

A Family Circus Easter

1982

as Easter Bunny (voice)

Voyage to Next

Voyage to Next

1974

as Father Time (voice)

The Hat

The Hat

1964

as The First Border Guard (voice)

The Hole

The Hole

1962

as (voice)

Date with Dizzy

Date with Dizzy

1958

Music

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Cosby Show

as Mr. Hampton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1984

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jun 06, 1968

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 12, 1972

Great Performances

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 28, 1971

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Bei Bio

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 10, 1983

The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1976

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

Jazz Casual

as Self - Trumpet

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 17, 1961

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