Acting · Cheraw, South Carolina, USA · Born October 21, 1917
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
MovieSoundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
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MovieMaurice Baquet, The Accorded
2023
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MovieJazz Club 2
2022
MovieJazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
2022
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MovieCharlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022
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MovieStreet Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
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MovieJimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
2020
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MovieJazz: The Only Way of Life
2019
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MovieMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
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MovieMichel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018
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MovieThe Jazz Ambassadors
2018
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MovieBrownie Speaks
2014
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MovieJazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014
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MovieThe Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
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All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
2011
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The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
2009
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MovieGood Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
2008
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MovieJazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70
2006
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MovieThe Harlem Renaissance
2004
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MovieImprovisation
2004
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Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal
2002
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MovieMonterey Jazz Festival 1975
1998
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MovieOscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
1995
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MovieA Great Day in Harlem
1994
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Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
1992
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MovieEl invierno en Lisboa
1991
as Bill Swann
MovieBenny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990
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MovieAmazonia
1990
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To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life
1990
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MovieSlim Gaillard's Civilisation
1989
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MovieA Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba
1989
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MovieDizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
1989
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MovieDidn't We Ramble On
1989
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Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
1986
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MovieThe Cosmic Eye
1986
as The Musicians
MovieSix Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
1985
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TVThe Cosby Show
1984
as Mr. Hampton
Bei Bio
1983
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MovieA Family Circus Easter
1982
as Easter Bunny (voice)
Dizzy's Dream Band
1982
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MovieThe Beginnings of Bebop
1981
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Música para Sempre
1980
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MovieThe Last of the Blue Devils
1979
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TVThe Muppet Show
1976
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MovieDizzy Gillespie Quartet @ Berliner Jazztage 1974
1974
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MovieVoyage to Next
1974
as Father Time (voice)
TVLe Grand Échiquier
1972
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MovieJazz Is Our Religion
1972
TVGreat Performances
1971
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TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
1967
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Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith
1966
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The Hat
1964
as The First Border Guard (voice)
MovieDizzy Gillespie
1964
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Look at Life: Jazz All the Way
1963
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MovieThe Hole
1962
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TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
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TVJazz Casual
1961
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MovieDate with Dizzy
1956
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MovieJivin' in Bebop
1946
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Cool
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TVWhat's Happening
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