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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.
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This study of Dizzy Gillespie is from the camera of staffer Bill Gottlieb, depicting the be-bopper's characteristic hat, spectacles, horn, goatee and slouch. Black and white negative at 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches.
1952–53: The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952-1953 compilation album – includes all tracks on Dizzy Gillespie and His Operatic Strings Orchestra and some tracks released on Dizzy at Home and Abroad ; 1952: Horn of Plenty (Blue Note 1952) 1953: Dizzy Digs Paris (Giant Steps) – includes all tracks on Dizzy Over Paris
Stump and Stumpy are responsible for Dizzy Gillespie's famous bent horn. In his autobiography, To Be or Not to Bop, Gillespie quotes "...it was my wife’s birthday so we had a party and invited all the guys... When I got back to the club after making this interview, Stump ‘n Stumpy has been fooling around on the bandstand, and one had pushed ...
The book introduces Dizzy and his friends like Charlie "Bird" Parker as they struggled to make money by playing. Later on it tells of how Dizzy became a great trumpeter and even the origin of his signature bent trumpet. Various compositions and albums have been named after Gillespie's book title.
Credited to "the Quintet", the jazz group was composed of five leading "modern" players of the day: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. It was the only time that the five musicians recorded together as a unit, and it was the last recorded meeting of Parker and Gillespie. [6]
The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner is an album by vocalist Big Joe Turner with trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Harry "Sweets" Edison and Clark Terry, recorded in 1974 and released on the Pablo label. [1]