Dizzy Gillespie
(1917-1993)
Jazz trumpeter
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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge 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.
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John Birks Gillespie 21 October 1917 Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
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6 January 1993 (aged 75) Englewood, New Jersey, USA
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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