Dizzy Gillespie
Personal Info
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Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-10-21 (76 years old)
Deathday
1993-01-06
Place of Birth
Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
Also known As
John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie
John Birks Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
Biography
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 P...
Acting
1981
as Self
2021
as Self (archive footage)
1964
as The First Border Guard (voice)
2022
as Self - trompettiste
1974
as Father Time (voice)
1979
as Self (archive footage)
1964
as Self
1989
as Self
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as Self
2019
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
2004
as Self (archive footage)
2004
as Self
1989
as Self - Trumpet
1986
as The Musicians
1982
as Easter Bunny (voice)
1958
as Self
1980
as Self
1962
as (voice)
2002
2012
as Self (archive footage)
1991
as Bill Swann
2014
as Self
1989
as Narrator
2018
as Self (archive footage)
1995
2018
as Self (archive footage)
1990
as (voice)
1986
2019
as Self (archive footage)
1985
1998
as Self
1946
as Self
1994
as Self
2022
as Self (archive footage)
1982
as Self
2024
as Self (archive footage)
1967
2014
2020
as Self (Archival Footage)
1990
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1953
as Music
1958
as Music
1991
as Original Music Composer
2024
as Music
1958
as Music
1984
as Original Music Composer
1977
as Original Music Composer
1974
as Original Music Composer
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