Dizzy Gillespie

Real Name:

John Birks Gillespie

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American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer.
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), the earliest form of 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 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 , jazzdisco.org , britannica.com , arts.gov , bluenote.com , adp.library.ucsb.edu

Aliases:

"Izzy" Goldberg, 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 Operatic Strings, Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Ensemble, Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen

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