Dizzy Gillespie
Directed by Les Blank6.96.6
This is Les Blank’s earliest music film, focusing on the renown trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Sonny Rollins and others sparked the change from traditional Jazz to “Bebop” in mid-1940s America. The film includes rare images of Gillespie playing on his famous bent horn and talking about his beginnings, as well as his theories about music.
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Dizzy Gillespie was released on January 1, 1965.
Dizzy Gillespie was directed by Les Blank.
Dizzy Gillespie has a runtime of 22m.
Dizzy Gillespie was produced by Michael Vidor.
The key characters in Dizzy Gillespie are Self (Dizzy Gillespie).
Dizzy Gillespie is rated Not Rated.
Dizzy Gillespie is a Documentary, Music, Short film.
Dizzy Gillespie has an audience rating of 6.9 out of 10.