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.
| Born | October 21, 1917 |
| Hometown | Cheraw, South Carolina, United States of America |
| Spouse | Lorraine Willis |
| Children | Jeanie Bryson |
| Parents | Lottie Gillespie, James Gillespie |
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