Dizzy Gillespie
Acting
Born October 21, 1917 · Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
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 prominen…
Known For · 40 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Great Performances
The Dick Cavett Show
The Cosby Show
Le Grand Échiquier
The Muppet Show
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith
Jazz Casual
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Música para Sempre
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Bei Bio
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
The Hat
Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70
Cool
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Jazz Club 2
Improvisation
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
The Harlem Renaissance
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
A Great Day in Harlem
The Hole
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
Dizzy Gillespie
The Last of the Blue Devils
Maurice Baquet, The Accorded
Amazonia
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
What's Happening
Slim Gaillard's Civilisation
El invierno en Lisboa
Voyage to Next
Date with Dizzy
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)