Dizzy Gillespie

Real Name:

John Birks Gillespie

Profile:

American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise". (born October 21, 1917, Cheraw, South Carolina, USA; died January 6, 1993, Englewood, New Jersey, USA)

Together with Charlie Parker he was the predominant figure in the development of bebop (bop), which laid the foundation for modern jazz. He taught and influenced many other musicians, including trumpeters Miles Davis, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Lee Morgan, Jon Faddis and Chuck Mangione.

He was also one of the key founders of Afro-Cuban (or Latin) jazz, adding Chano Pozo's conga to his orchestra in 1947, and utilizing complex poly-rhythms early on.

Career Highlights:
Awarded New Star Award from Esquire Magazine (1944)
Performs at first integrated concert in public school, Cheraw, SC (1959)
First jazz musician appointed by US department of State to undertake cultural mission (1972)
Awarded Handel Medallion from the City of New York (1972)
Received Paul Robeson Award from Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies (1972)
Performs at White House for President Carter and the Shah of Iran (1977)
Performs "Salt Peanuts" with President Carter at White House Jazz Concert (1978)
Inducted into Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame (1982)
Received Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (1989)
Received National Medal of Arts from President Bush (1989)
Received Duke Ellington Award from the society og Composers, Authors, and Publishers (1989)
Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1989)
Received Kennedy Center Honors Award (1990)
Received fourteen honorary degrees, including Ph.D. Rutgers University (1972), Ph.D. Chicago Conservatory of Music (1978)
Awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording

Sites:

dizzygillespie.org, Wikipedia, jazz-music-history.com, jazzdisco.org, arsc-audio.org, britannica.com, arts.gov, bluenote.com, adp.library.ucsb.edu

Aliases:

B. Bopstein, Gabriel (42), Hen Gates (3), John Birks, John Kildare

In Groups:

Barry Ulanov's All Star Modern Jazz Musicians, Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra, Boyd Raeburn And His Orchestra, Cab Calloway And His Cotton Club Orchestra, Cab Calloway And His Orchestra, Charlie Parker And His Orchestra, Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers, Clyde Hart All Stars, Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra, DeLuxe All Star Band, Dizzy Gillespie - Sonny Stitt Quintet, Dizzy Gillespie - Stan Getz Sextet, Dizzy Gillespie & Friends, Dizzy Gillespie All Stars, Dizzy Gillespie And His All Star Quintet, Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars, Dizzy Gillespie And His Operatic Strings, Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Ensemble, Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen, Dizzy Gillespie Quartet, Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, Dizzy Gillespie Septet, Dizzy Gillespie Sextet, Dizzy Gillespie Tempo Jazzmen, Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4, Dizzy Gillespie's Cool Jazz Stars, Dizzy Gillespie's Rebop Six, Dizzy Gillespie/Oscar Pettiford Quintet, Johnny Griffin Quintet, Les Hite And His Orchestra, Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra, Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra, Metronome All Stars, Oscar Pettiford And His 18 All Stars, Pete Brown And His Band, Red Norvo All-Stars, Red Norvo And His Selected Sextet, Rhythmstick, Sarah Vaughan And Her Orchestra, Slim Gaillard And His All Stars, Slim Gaillard And His Orchestra, Stan Getz Septet, Tempo Jazz Men, The Dizzy Gillespie 6, The Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All Star Big Band, The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7, The Dizzy Gillespie Octet, The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band, The Giants Of Jazz (2), The Gillespie-Getz-Stitt Septet, The Modern Jazz Sextet, The Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra, The Paris All-Stars, The Quincy Jones Big Band, The Quintet, The Quintet Of The Year, The Three Angels, The Trumpet Kings, Tony Scott And His Down Beat Club Septet, Trummy Young All Stars, Wilbert Baranco And His Rhythm Bombardiers, Woody Herman And His Orchestra

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	PAR A-1		Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards	Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards - Dizzy Meets Kern ‎(2x12", Album)	Paramount Records (3)	PAR A-1	US	1946	Sell This Version
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	S7, S-7		Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie And His All-Stars ‎(4xShellac, 10", Album)	Musicraft, Musicraft	S7, S-7	US	1947	Sell This Version
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	FS-31		Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie Plays & Johnny Richards Conducts (Album)	Discovery Records	FS-31	US	1950	Sell This Version
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	903		Red Norvo, Flip Phillips, Teddy Wilson, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Slam Stewart	Red Norvo, Flip Phillips, Teddy Wilson, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Slam Stewart - Red Norvo's Fabulous Jam Session ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Dial Records (3)	903	US	1951	Sell This Version
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	PRLP 113		Fats Navarro / Dizzy Gillespie / Miles Davis / Kenny Dorham	Fats Navarro / Dizzy Gillespie / Miles Davis / Kenny Dorham - Modern Jazz Trumpets (Album)	Prestige	PRLP 113	US	1951	Sell This Version
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	E194		Jimmy McPartland and The Dixieland Stars* / Dizzy Gillespie and The Birdland Stars*	Jimmy McPartland and The Dixieland Stars* / Dizzy Gillespie and The Birdland Stars* - Hot Vs. Cool (A Battle Of Jazz) ‎(10", Album)	MGM Records	E194	US	1952	Sell This Version
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	LP-1000, DG1000		Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie (Album)	Dee Gee, Dee Gee	LP-1000, DG1000	US	1952	Sell This Version
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	ESJ-4		Dizzy Gillespie / Charley Christian*	Dizzy Gillespie / Charley Christian* - Dizzy Gillespie / Charley Christian 1941 (Minton's Playhouse & Monroe's Uptown, New York City) (Album)	Esoteric (2)	ESJ-4	US	1952	Sell This Version
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	DG1004, MG 1004		Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie - Vol. 2 (Album)	Dee Gee, Dee Gee	DG1004, MG 1004	US	1952	Sell This Version
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	MGC-512		Bird (28) And Diz*	Bird (28) And Diz* - Bird And Diz (Album, Comp)	Mercury	MGC-512	US	1952	Sell This Version
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	ALR 142		Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy (Volume 2) ‎(10", Album, Mono)	Atlantic	ALR 142	US	1952	Sell This Version
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	ALR 138		Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy (Volume I) ‎(10", Album, Mono)	Atlantic	ALR 138	US	1952	Sell This Version
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	M. 33 310		Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy And His Orchestra (Album)	Swing (3)	M. 33 310	France	1953	Sell This Version
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	M. 33 324		Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy In Paris	Swing (3)	M. 33 324	France	1953	Sell This Version
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	LD. 077, L.D. 077		Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie Plays In Paris	Vogue Productions, Vogue Productions	LD. 077, L.D. 077	France	1953	Sell This Version
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	M.33.301		Dizzy Gillespie	The Fabulous Pleyel Jazz Concert Vol. 1 (Album)	Swing (3)	M.33.301	France	1953	Sell This Version
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	RLP 414		Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Over Paris ‎(10", Album)	Royal Roost	RLP 414	US	1953	Sell This Version
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	MG 9034		Bird (28) - Diz* - Bud* - Max*	Bird (28) - Diz* - Bud* - Max* - Bird - Diz - Bud - Max ‎(10")	Savoy Records	MG 9034	US	1953	Sell This Version
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	LP 5017, BLP 5017		Dizzy Gillespie	Horn Of Plenty ‎(10")	Blue Note, Blue Note	LP 5017, BLP 5017	US	1953	Sell This Version
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	3565		Roy Eldridge And Dizzy Gillespie	Roy Eldridge And Dizzy Gillespie - Roy And Diz #2 (Album)	Clef Records	3565	France	1954	Sell This Version
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	CFR 10-283		Dizzy Gillespie	Blow That Horn! Dizzy Gillespie Vol. 1 ‎(10", Mono)	Festival Records	CFR 10-283	Australia	1954	Sell This Version
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	MGN-1044		Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Harris	Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Harris - New Jazz Sounds (Album)	Norgran Records	MGN-1044	US	1955	Sell This Version
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	MGN-1023, GLP 3535		Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy And Strings (Album)	Norgran Records	MGN-1023, GLP 3535	France	1955	Sell This Version
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	MG N-1083		Dizzy Gillespie	Jazz Recital (Album)	Norgran Records	MG N-1083	US	1955	Sell This Version
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	MGC-641		Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge	Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge - Roy And Diz (Album)	Clef Records	MGC-641	US	1955	Sell This Version