Dizzy Gillespie
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
63 acting credits
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Great Performances
1971
The Cosby Show
1984
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
The Muppet Show
1976
Bei Bio
1983
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
2020
Jazz Casual
1961
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
1992
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
A Great Day in Harlem
1994
El invierno en Lisboa
1991
The Hat
1964
The Cosmic Eye
1986
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018
All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
2011
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
1998
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
1986
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
1995
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
1967
The Beginnings of Bebop
1981
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
2008
Dizzy Gillespie Quartet @ Berliner Jazztage 1974
1974
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022
Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal
2002
Brownie Speaks
2014
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
2009
Maurice Baquet, The Accorded
2023
The Hole
1962
Slim Gaillard's Civilisation
1989
Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
1989
Música para Sempre
1980
Jazz: The Only Way of Life
2019
A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba
1989
Look at Life: Jazz All the Way
1963
Cool
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The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story
1979
Amazonia
1990
Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70
2006
Dizzy Gillespie
1964
Didn't We Ramble On
1989
A Family Circus Easter
1982
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990
Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
2022
Dizzy's Dream Band
1982
Jivin' in Bebop
1946
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith
1966
Jazz Is Our Religion
1972
To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life
1990
Voyage to Next
1974
Date with Dizzy
1956
Improvisation
2004
What's Happening
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Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
1985
Jazz Club 2
2022