John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, along with Charlie Parker, ushered in the era of Be-Bop in the American jazz tradition. He was born Cheraw, South Carolina, and was the youngest of nine children. He ...

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Dizzy was a unique individual and musician. He just had a different way of looking at things--the music, the chords and that goes for politics as well. It was a different perspective... The bent ...

His trumpet was bent, his on-stage antics were quirky and unpredictable, but Dizzy Gillespie’s impact on jazz was straight-laced and undeniable. One of the fathers of the bebop movement, Gillespie ...

The aim of this legacy outfit is to explore the groundbreaking "Cubop" music that emerged from the meeting between US bebop trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and the Cuban percussionist Chano Pozo. The band ...

FRANCE - JANUARY 01: Photo of Dizzy GILLESPIE; performing live onstage, (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns) It may be difficult to comprehend just how radical Dizzy Gillespie’s trumpet playing must have ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When the concert to celebrate the centennial of jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald is billed in part as 100 Years, 1,000 Memories, it feels ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Dizzy Gillespie’s flamboyant modernism and fierce musical intellect were cornerstones of the be-bop revolution ...

Dizzy Gillespie, the seminal American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer and composer born John Birks Gillespie, would have turned 93 today. Google are celebrating his birthday by featuring a ...

There are plenty of jazz stars whose work can be listened to for the sake of the notes alone, even in a live performance - but the formidable personality and stage presence of the late Dizzy Gillespie ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the early 1940s, the young jazz ...