Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

American jazz trumpeter
Trumpet virtuoso and bop revolutionary whose desire to innovate helped invent and define the musical vocabulary for an entire genre.
BornOctober 21, 1917
HometownCheraw, South Carolina, United States of America
SpouseLorraine Willis
ChildrenJeanie Bryson
ParentsLottie Gillespie , James Gillespie
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MOVIES & TV SHOWS

The Hole
The Hole
0h 15min
1962
Date With Dizzy
Date With Dizzy
0h 11min
1958
Jivin' in Bebop
Jivin' in Bebop
1h
1946
A Great Day in Harlem
A Great Day in Harlem
1h
1994
89%
A Night in Havana: Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba
A Night in Havana: Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba
1h 24min
1988
The Hat
The Hat
0h 19min
1964
Stage Entrance
Stage Entrance
0h 15min
1951

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