John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (/ɡɪˈlɛspi/ gil-ESP-ee; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator...
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This is a list of works by American jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie. 1937–1949: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings compilation album (RCA Victor) 1945–1947:...
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The New Guy (redirect from Dizzy Gillespie Harrison)
opening, telling the story of Dizzy Gillespie Harrison, an 18-year-old nerdy high school senior in Austin, Texas. Dizzy is friends with Nora, Kirk, and...
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Dizzy Gillespie at Newport is a 1957 live album by Dizzy Gillespie, featuring his big band, recorded at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival. The AllMusic review...
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compilation album of studio sessions by jazz composer and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. The Rough Guide to Jazz describes the album as "some of the key bebop...
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Jazz (section Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo)
56. Peñalosa 2010, pp. 131–136. Gillespie, Dizzy; Fraser, Al (1985). To Be or Not to Bop: Memoirs of Dizzy Gillespie. New York: Da Capo Press. p. 77....
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DeFranco; trumpeters Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie; pianists Bud Powell, Barry Harris and Thelonious Monk; electric guitarist...
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A Night in Tunisia (category Compositions by Dizzy Gillespie)
in Tunisia" is a musical composition written by American trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie around 1940–1942. He wrote it while he was playing with the Benny Carter...
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Ron Holloway (section Dizzy Gillespie)
year. He has been a member of the Warren Haynes Band, Susan Tedeschi, Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Scott-Heron and Root Boy Slim. Since 2014, Ron Holloway has led...
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Afro-Cubans in New York City. In 1947, the collaborations of bebop trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and percussionist Chano Pozo brought Afro-Cuban rhythms and instruments...
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