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Maurice Baquet, The Accorded
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Also known as: John Birks Gillespie, John Birks Dizzy Gillespie, John Dizzy Gillespie
Acting
Born:October 21, 1917
Died:January 6, 1993(aged 75)
Birthplace:Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
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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
Filmography (48 movies)
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Brownie Speaks
2014
as Self
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Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018
as Self (archive footage)
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8.5
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
2008
as Self
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8.3
Jazz: The Only Way of Life
2019
as Self (archive footage)
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8.0
A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba
1989
as Self - Trumpet
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8.0
Amazonia
1990
as (voice)
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
as Self (archive footage)
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7.3
The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story
1979
as Self (archive footage)
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7.0
A Family Circus Easter
1982
as Easter Bunny (voice)
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7.0
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
as Self (archive footage)
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The Jazz Ambassadors
2018
as Self (archive footage)
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6.8
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022
as Self (archive footage)
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6.6
Dizzy Gillespie
1964
as Self
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6.2
A Great Day in Harlem
1994
as Self
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6.0
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
as Self (archive footage)
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5.8
The Cosmic Eye
1986
as The Musicians
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The Hole
1962
as (voice)
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Jivin' in Bebop
1946
as Self
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5.0
Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal
2002
as Self
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Voyage to Next
1974
as Father Time (voice)
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Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
1992
as Self (archive footage)
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4.0
Date with Dizzy
1958
as Self
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2.0
El invierno en Lisboa
1991
as Bill Swann
Música para Sempre
1980
as Self
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
2009
as Self
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
1986
as Self
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith
1966
as Self
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
1995
as Self
All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
2011
as Self
Didn't We Ramble On
1989
as Narrator
Improvisation
2004
as Self
Dizzy's Dream Band
1982
as Self
Jazz Is Our Religion
1972
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
1998
as Self
Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
1989
as Self
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
1985
as Self
The Beginnings of Bebop
1981
as Self
Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
2022
as Self - trompettiste
The Hat
1964
as The First Border Guard (voice)
Slim Gaillard's Civilisation
1989
as Self
To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life
1990
as Self
Cool
TBA
as Self
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
1967
as Self
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie Quartet - Berliner Jazztage 1974
1974
as Self
Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70
2006
as Self
Look at Life: Jazz All the Way
1963
as Self
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