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Personal Info

Known Credits 45

Gender Male

Birthdate 1917-10-21 (108 Y.O)

Place Of Birth Cheraw, South Carolina, USA

Also Known For John Birks 'Dizzy' GillespieJohn Birks Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

Biography

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, hi ...

Known For

Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970

Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

Acting

2024 -- Soundtrack to a Coup d'État | Self (archive footage)

2022 -- Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970 | Self - trompettiste

2022 -- Charlie Parker: Bird Songs | Self (archive footage)

2021 -- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Self (archive footage)

2020 -- Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President | Self (Archival Footage)

2019 -- Jazz: The Only Way of Life | Self (archive footage)

2019 -- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool | Self - Musician (archive footage)

2018 -- Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure | Self (archive footage)

2018 -- The Jazz Ambassadors | Self (archive footage)

2014 -- Brownie Speaks | Self

2014 -- Jazz Legends in Their Own Words | Self

2012 -- Music According to Tom Jobim | Self (archive footage)

2011 -- All-Star Jazz Show: Live From The Ed Sullivan Theater | Self

2009 -- The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best | Self

2008 -- Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong | Self

2006 -- Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70 | Self

2004 -- Improvisation | Self

2004 -- The Harlem Renaissance | Self (archive footage)

2002 -- Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal | Self

1998 -- Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 | Self

1995 -- Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar | Self

1994 -- A Great Day in Harlem | Self

1991 -- El invierno en Lisboa | Bill Swann

1990 -- Amazonia | (voice)

1989 -- Slim Gaillard's Civilisation | Self

1989 -- A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba | Self - Trumpet

1989 -- Didn't We Ramble On | Narrator

1989 -- Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall | Self

1986 -- Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis | Self

1986 -- The Cosmic Eye | The Musicians

1985 -- Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985) | Self

1982 -- A Family Circus Easter | Easter Bunny (voice)

1982 -- Dizzy's Dream Band | Self

1981 -- The Beginnings of Bebop | Self

1980 -- Música para Sempre | Self

1979 -- The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story | Self (archive footage)

1974 -- Voyage to Next | Father Time (voice)

1967 -- Duke Ellington: Love You Madly | Self

1966 -- Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith | Self

1964 -- The Hat | The First Border Guard (voice)

1964 -- Dizzy Gillespie | Self

1962 -- The Hole | (voice)

1958 -- Date with Dizzy | Self

1946 -- Jivin' in Bebop | Self