John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (/ɡɪˈlɛspi/; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/09/2024
Maurice Baquet, The Accorded
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/12/2023
Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
Character:Self - trompettiste
Release Date:18/03/2022
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/01/2022
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/04/2021
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/09/2020
Jazz: The Only Way of Life
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/12/2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Character:Self - Musician (archive footage)
Release Date:23/08/2019
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/12/2018
The Jazz Ambassadors
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/05/2018
Brownie Speaks
Character:Self
Release Date:26/08/2014
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/05/2014
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/05/2012
All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
Character:Self
Release Date:28/09/2011
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
Character:Self
Release Date:02/01/2009
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
Character:Self
Release Date:01/06/2008
Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70
Character:Self
Release Date:26/09/2006
The Harlem Renaissance
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2004
Improvisation
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2004
Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal
Character:Self
Release Date:28/05/2002
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
Character:Self
Release Date:16/11/1998
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1995
A Great Day in Harlem
Character:Self
Release Date:27/09/1994
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1992
El invierno en Lisboa
Character:Bill Swann
Release Date:12/04/1991
Amazonia
Character:(voice)
Release Date:24/01/1990
To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1990
Slim Gaillard's Civilisation
Character:Self
Release Date:22/10/1989
A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba
Character:Self - Trumpet
Release Date:19/05/1989
Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1989
Didn't We Ramble On
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1989
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
Character:Self
Release Date:17/10/1986
The Cosmic Eye
Character:The Musicians
Release Date:06/06/1986
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1985
A Family Circus Easter
Character:Easter Bunny (voice)
Release Date:19/08/1982
Dizzy's Dream Band
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1982
The Beginnings of Bebop
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/1981
Música para Sempre
Character:Self
Release Date:29/10/1980
The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/10/1979
Dizzy Gillespie Quartet @ Berliner Jazztage 1974
Character:Self
Release Date:02/11/1974
Voyage to Next
Character:Father Time (voice)
Release Date:01/10/1974
Jazz Is Our Religion
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1972
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
Character:Self
Release Date:16/06/1967
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith
Character:Self
Release Date:20/10/1966
Dizzy Gillespie
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1965
The Hat
Character:The First Border Guard (voice)
Release Date:21/09/1964
Look at Life: Jazz All the Way
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1963
The Hole
Character:(voice)
Release Date:08/11/1962
Date with Dizzy
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1958
Jivin' in Bebop
Character:Self
Release Date:02/01/1946
Television Appearances
The Cosby Show
Character:Mr. Hampton
Bei Bio
Character:Self
The Muppet Show
Character:Self - Special Guest Star
Le Grand Échiquier
Character:Self
Great Performances
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
Jazz Casual
Character:Self - Trumpet
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