Dizzy Gillespie
Acting
Born 1917-10-21
Died 1993-01-06
Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
69 credits
Paul Acket Award 1
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 1
NEA Jazz Masters 1
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1
Awards
Won 1 Paul Acket Award Award
Paul Acket Award 1 won
- — Paul Acket Award Won
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 1 won
- — Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres Won
NEA Jazz Masters 1 won
- — NEA Jazz Masters Won
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
- — star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won
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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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Acting
54 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Great Performances
The Cosby Show
The Dick Cavett Show
Le Grand Échiquier
The Muppet Show
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Bei Bio
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Improvisation
Jazz Casual
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Música para Sempre
The Hat
What's Happening
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
Cool
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
Dizzy Gillespie
The Harlem Renaissance
The Hole
Dizzy's Dream Band
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Maurice Baquet, The Accorded
Voyage to Next
A Great Day in Harlem
Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70
Amazonia
The Cosmic Eye
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
The Jazz Ambassadors
The Last of the Blue Devils
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
Jivin' in Bebop
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Date with Dizzy
Slim Gaillard's Civilisation
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
El invierno en Lisboa
Brownie Speaks
Didn't We Ramble On
Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life
Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
A Family Circus Easter
Other credits
9 credits
Jazz Club 2
A Supermarket in Californi
Voyage to Next
Hello
Date with Dizzy
El invierno en Lisboa
Things to Come
Jazz Is Our Religion
A Smattering of Spots
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