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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (/ ɡ ɪ ˈ l ɛ s p i / gil-ESP-ee; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. [2] He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge [3] but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz.
The Dizzy Gillespie 1964 presidential campaign was a political campaign of jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie to run for president of the United States in 1964. He ran as an independent write-in candidate and proposed to have a cabinet of other musicians.
1991 Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Tunisia (VIEW) 1993 Live in London (Kultur Video) 1998 Dizzy Gillespie & Charles Mingus (Vidjazz) 1998 Dizzy Gillespie: Ages (Vidjazz) 1999 Jazz Casual: Dizzy Gillespie (Rhino) 2001 Jivin'in Be-Bop (Jazz Classic Video) 2001 Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Chicago (VIEW) [3] 2001 Live at the Royal Festival Hall 1987 ...
The six-time Grammy winner died at age 48 in a hotel bathtub, deeply in debt. Despite making a $100 million deal with record label Arista in 2001, by the time of her death in 2012 she was roughly ...
He co-wrote some of Dizzy Gillespie's Latin-flavored compositions, such as "Manteca" and "Tin Tin Deo", and was the first Latin percussionist in Gillespie's band. According to Rebeca Mauleón , "Few percussionists have played as integral a role in shaping Latin music as Luciano 'Chano' Pozo González".
Nikki Giovanni did not dream of being a writer, ... the internationally recognized poet and provocateur, died Monday in Blacksburg, Virginia. She was 81. ... Dizzy Gillespie and Nina Simone.
Born on March 14, 1933, the Chicago native first rose to prominence as a trumpet player in bands for jazz music greats including Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie.
To Be or Not to Bop: Memoirs of Dizzy Gillespie is a 1979 book written by jazz musician, composer and band leader Dizzy Gillespie. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The book was released in July 1979 by Doubleday . The University of Minnesota Press re-released the book in 2009.