Dizzy Gillespie
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 prominent symbols.
In the 1940s Gillespie, with Charlie Parker, became a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. He taught and influenced many other musicians, including trumpeters Miles Davis, Jon Faddis, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Lee Morgan, Chuck Mangione, and balladeer Johnny Hartman.
AllMusic's Scott Yanow wrote: "Dizzy Gillespie's contributions to jazz were huge. One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time, Gillespie was such a complex player that his contemporaries ended up being similar to those of Miles Davis and Fats Navarro instead, and it was not until Jon Faddis's emergence in the 1970s that Dizzy's style was successfully recreated [....] Arguably Gillespie is remembered, by both critics and fans alike, as one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time".
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Acted in
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
2022
as Self - trompettiste
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Jazz: The Only Way of Life
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Brownie Speaks
2014
as Self
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014
as Self
Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
as Self (archive footage)
All-Star Jazz Show: Live From The Ed Sullivan Theater
2011
as Self
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
2009
as Self
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
2008
as Self
Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70
2006
as Self
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Improvisation
2004
as Self
Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal
2002
as Self
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
1998
as Self
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
1995
as Self
A Great Day in Harlem
1994
as Self
El invierno en Lisboa
1991
as Bill Swann
Amazonia
1990
as (voice)
Slim Gaillard's Civilisation
1989
as Self
A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba
1989
as Self - Trumpet
Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
1989
as Self
Didn't We Ramble On
1989
as Narrator
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
1986
as Self
The Cosmic Eye
1986
as The Musicians
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
1985
as Self
The Cosby Show
1984
as Mr. Hampton
A Family Circus Easter
1982
as Easter Bunny (voice)
Dizzy's Dream Band
1982
as Self
The Beginnings of Bebop
1981
as Self
Música para Sempre
1980
as Self
The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story
1979
as Self (archive footage)
The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star
Voyage to Next
1974
as Father Time (voice)
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
1967
as Self
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith
1966
as Self
The Hat
1964
as The First Border Guard (voice)
Dizzy Gillespie
1964
as Self
The Hole
1962
as (voice)
Jazz Casual
1961
as Self - Trumpet
Date with Dizzy
1958
as Self
Jivin' in Bebop
1946
as Self
Cool
as Self