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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 |
| Net worth | $10 million |
| Spouse | Lorraine Willis (m 1940 - 1993) |
| Children | Jeanie Bryson |
| Parents | Lottie Gillespie , James Gillespie |
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MOVIES & TV SHOWS
The Hat
0h 19min
1964
Date With Dizzy
0h 11min
1958
Stage Entrance
0h 15min
1951
Jivin' in Bebop
1h
1946
Albums
Studio and 'Live' Collaborations 1960-1962
2022
Gillespiana [Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, April 30, 1961]
2021
Three Essential Albums
2019
Live at the Royal Festival Hall
2018
At Onkel Po's Carnegie Hall Hamburg 1978
2018
Live At Newport
2018
Classic Verve Collection
2018
Essential Dizzy Gillespie
2017
Dizzy 100
2017
All Time Jazz: Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 5
2017
All Time Jazz: Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 2
2017
Essential Recordings
2017
Concert of the Century: A Tribute to Charlie Parker
2016
20th and 30th Anniversary
2016
Live in Vegas, 1963, Vol. 2
2016
Live in Vegas, 1963, Vol. 1
2016
Complete 1956 South American Tour Recordings
2015
Legendary Sessions
2014
Dizzy Gillespie Collection: 1937-46
2013