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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and occasional singer. 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 copying 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. " Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic complexity previously unknown in jazz. His beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, his scat singing, his bent horn, pouched cheeks and his light-hearted personality were essential in popularizing bebop
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Dizzy Gillespie
Born 1917-10-21 (108 years ago) in Cheraw.
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IMDb Homepage Netflix Wikipedia New York Times The Movie Database| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| Grammy Hall of Fame Award (Jazz at Massey Hall) | 1994 |
| Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album (Live at the Royal Festival Hall) | 1991 |
| Kennedy Center Honors | 1990 |
| Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award | 1988 |
| Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo (Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie) | 1975 |
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album (Live at the Royal Festival Hall) | 1991 |
| Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo (Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie) | 1975 |
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| Lorraine Willis(Gifta: 1940-05-09–1993-01-06) |
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