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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (/ ɡ ɪ ˈ l ɛ s p i / gil-ESP-ee; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. [2] He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge [3] but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz.
To Be or Not to Bop: Memoirs of Dizzy Gillespie is a 1979 book written by jazz musician, composer and band leader Dizzy Gillespie. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The book was released in July 1979 by Doubleday . The University of Minnesota Press re-released the book in 2009.
Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas (October 21, 1912 – August 24, 1972) [1] was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, associated with swing and bebop.He played with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Blakey, and Dizzy Gillespie, among others, and also led his own band.
Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, and Andy Kirk attended her funeral at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola. [8] She was buried in the Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Pittsburgh. [32] Looking back at the end of her life, Mary Lou Williams said: "I did it, didn't I? Through muck and mud." [33] She was known as "the first lady of the jazz keyboard". [34]
This meeting was the beginning of Sete's success in the US. In the fall of 1962, Gillespie took Sete to the Monterey Jazz Festival, where he enjoyed a huge reception. [2] Sete toured with Gillespie, then returned to San Francisco, where he joined the Vince Guaraldi trio. He became well known in the US, and his partnership with Guaraldi yielded ...
Early life. Dexter Keith Gordon was born on February 27, 1923, in Los Angeles, ... Dizzy Gillespie – Groovin' High (Savoy MG 12020, 1992; SV 152, 2010)
Gabbard’s early biography is full of twists and turns. Born in 1981 in American Samoa to a mother from Indiana and a father of European and Samoan descent, Gabbard moved to Hawaii with her ...
David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz", was an American jazz trumpeter. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos exhibiting a departure from the dominant style of jazz trumpet innovator Louis Armstrong, and his strong impact on Dizzy Gillespie mark him as one of the most influential musicians ...