Dizzy Gillespie

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Dizzy Gillespie


Born
in Cheraw, South Carolina
October 21, 1917

Died
January 06, 1993


John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer. In the 1940s Gillespie, with Charlie Parker, became a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz.
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Average rating: 4.21 · 228 ratings · 24 reviews · 26 distinct worksSimilar authors
to Be or not to Bop: Memoir...

4.24 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 1979 — 25 editions
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Dizzy Gillespie: A Step-by-...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007
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Dizzy Gillespie: Jazz Play-...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2002
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Dizzy Gillespie / A Jazz Ma...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1985 — 2 editions
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The Dizzy Gillespie Collect...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
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Chapel Hour Series - Volume...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1970
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The Chapel Hour Series - Vo...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1970 — 2 editions
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Country Jamboree

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A Night in Tunisia

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions
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Folk Festival

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“There have been two great revelations in my life: The first was bepop, the second was homeopathy.”
Dizzy Gillespie

“It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.”
Dizzy Gillespie

“Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that.”
Dizzy Gillespie