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Dizzy Gillespie
Actor, Composer
Born October 21, 1917Died January 6, 1993 (75 years)
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".
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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".
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Dizzy Gillespie Filmography
| 2024 | Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes · as Self |
| 2022 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues · as Self |
| 2022 | Charlie Parker, Bird Songs · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | You're Watching Video Music Box · as Self |
| 2021 | Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Ronnie's · as Self |
| 2020 | Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool · as Self - Musician (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | The Black Godfather · as Self |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | Michel Legrand: Let the Music Play · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Quincy · as Self |
| 2018 | The Jazz Ambassadors · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Jazz: The Only Way of Life · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | American Epic · as Self |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Brownie Speaks · as Self |
| 2012 | Beware of Mr. Baker · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel · as Self |
| 2009 | Double Take · as Self |
| 2007 | Jazz Giants of the 20th Century · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2002 | Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion · as Self |
| 2001 | The Miles Davis Story · as Self |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | Playboy 2000: The Party Continues · as Self |
| 1999 | The Source · as Self |
| 1998 | Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 · as Self |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | The Fifties (TV Series) · as Self (with His Band, 1949) |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | Masters of American Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | A Great Day in Harlem · as Self |
| 1992 | Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1990 | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts · as Self - Honoree |
| 1990 | Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones · as Self |
| 1989 | The Ghost of Faffner Hall (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Sunday Night (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Frank's Place (TV Series) · as Dizzy Gillespie |
| 1986 | What Happened to Kerouac? · as Self |
| 1986 | The 28th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1984 | Olympic Gala · as Self - The Olympic Jazz All Stars |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | 3-2-1 Contact (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | The Last of the Blue Devils · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1977 | All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | The Tallest Tree in Our Forest · as Self - Musician |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest Star |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | What's My Line? (1968) (TV Series) · as Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1965 | Dizzy Gillespie · as Self |
| 1964 | Shindig (TV Series) · as Self - Trumpeter |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1959 | Playboy's Penthouse (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series) · as Self - Trumpeter |
| 1953 | Tonight! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | Person to Person (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1949 | Cavalcade of Stars (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self - Jazz Trumpeter |
| 1946 | Jivin' in Be-Bop · as Self |
| 1993 | Tribeca (TV Series) · as Watch Sargeant |
| 1991 | El invierno en Lisboa · as Bill Swann |
| 1986 | The Cosmic Eye · as The Musicians |
| 1985 | Music in Monk Time · as Performer |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Mr. Hampton |
| 1982 | A Family Circus Easter · as Easter Bunny (voice) |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1964 | The Hat · as The First Border Guard (voice) |
| 1963 | The Cool World · as Cast |
| 1962 | The Hole · as (voice) |
| 1991 | El invierno en Lisboa · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | The Hat · as Composer |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as Composer |