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Dizzy Gillespie
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.
Known for
7.7Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
7.1Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
7.4Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
6.9Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
2020
9.0Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018
Improvisation
2004
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014
9.0Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990
5.9The Hole
1962
7.0The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
6.8Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022
6.6A Great Day in Harlem
1994
4.7El invierno en Lisboa
1991
8.0Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
1995
6.0The Harlem Renaissance
2004
The Beginnings of Bebop
1981
Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70
2006
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
1998
8.0The Last of the Blue Devils
1979
Movie Music Man: A Portrait of Lalo Schifrin
1993