Biography
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,…
Career works
63
Movies
53
Series
10
Career average
7.4/10
Birth date
10/21/1917
Place of birth
Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
Date of death
01/06/1993
Filmography highlights
Movies
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024 · 7.7
Maurice Baquet, The Accorded
2023 · 10.0
Jazz Club 2
2022
Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
2022
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022 · 6.8
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021 · 7.4
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
2020 · 6.9
Jazz: The Only Way of Life
2019 · 8.3
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019 · 7.1
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018 · 9.0
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018 · 7.0
Brownie Speaks
2014 · 10.0
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012 · 7.0
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All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
2011
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