Dizzy Gillespie
Born: 1917-10-21 in Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
Died: 1993-01-06
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2024
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat as Self (archive footage)
- A Supermarket in Californi ... (Music)
2023
- Maurice Baquet, The Accorded as Self (archive footage)
2022
- Charlie Parker: Bird Songs as Self (archive footage)
- Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970 as Self - trompettiste
2021
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President as Self (archive footage)
2019
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Self - Musician (archive footage)
- Jazz: The Only Way of Life as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure as Self (archive footage)
- The Jazz Ambassadors as Self (archive footage)
2014
- Jazz Legends in Their Own Words as Self (archive footage)
- Brownie Speaks as Self
2012
- The Music According to Tom Jobim as Self (archive footage)
2009
2006
2004
- The Harlem Renaissance as Self (archive footage)
- Improvisation as Self
2002
1998
- Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 as Self
1995
1994
- A Great Day in Harlem as Self
1992
- Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time as Self (archive footage)
1991
- El invierno en Lisboa as Bill Swann
1990
- Amazonia as (voice)
- Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs as Self
- To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life as Self
1989
- A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba as Self - Trumpet
- Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall as Self
- Slim Gaillard's Civilisation as Self
- Didn't We Ramble On as Narrator
1986
- The Cosmic Eye as The Musicians
- Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis as Self
1985
1984
- The Cosby Show as Mr. Hampton
- Hello ... (Original Music Composer)
1983
- Bei Bio as Self
1982
- A Family Circus Easter as Easter Bunny (voice)
- Dizzy's Dream Band as Self
1981
- The Beginnings of Bebop as Self
1980
- Música para Sempre as Self
1979
- The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story as Self (archive footage)
1977
- Second Chance: Sea ... (Original Music Composer)
1976
- The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
1974
- Dizzy Gillespie Quartet @ Berliner Jazztage 1974 as Self
- Voyage to Next as Father Time (voice)
1972
1971
- Great Performances as Self
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1967
- Duke Ellington: Love You Madly as Self
1964
- The Hat as The First Border Guard (voice)
- Dizzy Gillespie as Self
1963
- Look at Life: Jazz All the Way as Self
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Hole as (voice)
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Jazz Casual as Self - Trumpet
1958
- A Smattering of Spots ... (Music)
1956
- Date with Dizzy as Self
1953
- Things to Come ... (Music)
1946
- Jivin' in Bebop as Self