Dizzy Gillespie
Acting
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". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
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movieSoundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieMaurice Baquet, The Accorded
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieJazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
2022
Self - trompettiste
movieCharlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieStreet Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieJimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieJazz: The Only Way of Life
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
Self - Musician (archive footage)
movieMichel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Jazz Ambassadors
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieJazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Harlem Renaissance
2004
Self (archive footage)
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
1992
Self (archive footage)
movieEl invierno en Lisboa
1991
Bill Swann
movieAmazonia
1990
(voice)
movieA Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba
1989
Self - Trumpet
movieDidn't We Ramble On
1989
Narrator
movieThe Cosmic Eye
1986
The Musicians
tvThe Cosby Show
1984
Mr. Hampton
movieA Family Circus Easter
1982
Easter Bunny (voice)
movieThe Last of the Blue Devils
1979
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Muppet Show
1976
Self - Special Guest Star
movieVoyage to Next
1974
Father Time (voice)
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
The Hat
1964
The First Border Guard (voice)
movieThe Hole
1962
(voice)
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self / Self (archive footage)
tvJazz Casual
1961
Self - Trumpet
Cool
Self
Sound8
movieEl invierno en Lisboa
1991
Original Music Composer
movieHello
1984
Original Music Composer
Second Chance: Sea
1977
Original Music Composer
movieVoyage to Next
1974
Original Music Composer
