Dizzy Gillespie

Known for ActingBorn 1917-10-21Died 1993-01-06Cheraw, South Carolina, USA

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 encyclopediaRead more

Movies & web series

Maurice Baquet, The Accorded

Brownie Speaks

Second Chance: Sea

Jazz Is Our Religion

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

Amazonia

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith

The Hat

Jazz Casual

Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong

Jazz: The Only Way of Life

A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba

A Family Circus Easter

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar

Música para Sempre

The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story

The Muppet Show

Le Grand Échiquier

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

The Jazz Ambassadors

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Music According to Tom Jobim

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

The Cosby Show

Hello

Dizzy Gillespie

A Great Day in Harlem

The Dick Cavett Show

The Cosmic Eye

The Harlem Renaissance

Jivin' in Bebop

Great Performances

The Hole

The Mike Douglas Show

Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal

Voyage to Next

El invierno en Lisboa

Date with Dizzy

A Supermarket in Californi

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

Jazz Legends in Their Own Words

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

The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best