- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 21, 1917
- Place of Birth
- Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
- Died
- January 6, 1993
Dizzy Gillespie
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 ball…
Filmography
movieSoundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieA Supermarket in Californi
2024 · Music
movieMaurice Baquet, The Accorded
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieJazz Club 2
2022
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)
movieBrownie Speaks
2014 · Self
movieJazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Music According to Tom Jobim
2012 · Self (archive footage)
All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
movieAll-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
2011 · Self
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
movieThe Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
2009 · Self
movieGood Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
2008 · Self
movieJazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70
2006 · Self
movieThe Harlem Renaissance
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieImprovisation
2004 · Self
Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal
movieDizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal
2002 · Self
movieMonterey Jazz Festival 1975
1998 · Self
movieOscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
1995 · Self
movieA Great Day in Harlem
1994 · Self
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
movieHugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
1992 · Self (archive footage)
movieEl invierno en Lisboa
1991 · Bill Swann, Original Music Composer
movieBenny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990 · Self
movieAmazonia
1990 · (voice)
To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life
movieTo Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life
1990 · Self
movieSlim Gaillard's Civilisation
1989 · Self
movieA Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba
1989 · Self - Trumpet
movieDizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
1989 · Self
movieDidn't We Ramble On
1989 · Narrator
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
movieMiles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
1986 · Self
movieThe Cosmic Eye
1986 · The Musicians
movieSix Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
1985 · Self
tvThe Cosby Show
1984 · Mr. Hampton
movieHello
1984 · Original Music Composer
Bei Bio
tvBei Bio
1983 · Self
movieA Family Circus Easter
1982 · Easter Bunny (voice)
Dizzy's Dream Band
movieDizzy's Dream Band
1982 · Self
movieThe Beginnings of Bebop
1981 · Self
Música para Sempre
movieMúsica para Sempre
1980 · Self
movieThe Last of the Blue Devils
1979 · Self (archive footage)
Second Chance: Sea
movieSecond Chance: Sea
1977 · Original Music Composer
tvThe Muppet Show
1976 · Self - Special Guest Star
movieDizzy Gillespie Quartet @ Berliner Jazztage 1974
1974 · Self
movieVoyage to Next
1974 · Father Time (voice), Original Music Composer
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
movieJazz Is Our Religion
1972
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Self
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
movieDuke Ellington: Love You Madly
1967 · Self
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith
movieSmith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith
1966 · Self
The Hat
movieThe Hat
1964 · The First Border Guard (voice)
movieDizzy Gillespie
1964 · Self
Look at Life: Jazz All the Way
movieLook at Life: Jazz All the Way
1963 · Self
movieThe Hole
1962 · (voice)
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self, Self (archive footage)
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
tvJazz Casual
1961 · Self - Trumpet
A Smattering of Spots
movieA Smattering of Spots
1958 · Music
movieDate with Dizzy
1956 · Self, Music
movieThings to Come
1953 · Music
movieJivin' in Bebop
1946 · Self
Cool
movieCool
— · Self
tvWhat's Happening
— · Self