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Dizzy Gillespie
A major figure in jazz history, trumpeter, composer, arranger, bandleader and
performer Dizzy Gillespie is not only one of the finest soloists on his
instrument, but also a pioneer of bebop and Afro-Cuban jazz. Born John Birks
Gillespie in Cheraw, North Carolina, on October 21, 1917, he began learning the
piano before trying the trombone, and then preferring the trumpet in his teens.
In Philadelphia, where his family moved in 1935, he joined Frank Fairfax's band
and was nicknamed "Dizzy" by pianist Bill Doggett, before replacing his idol Roy
Eldridge in Teddy Hill's band. After a...
On the Sunny Side of the StreetSonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Stitt
Sonny Side Up
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Sweet and Lovely
Dizzy GillespieThe Great Blue Star Sessions
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I Love You Much Too MuchDizzy Gillespie and Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
Live In Stereo At Chester, PA. June 14, 1957
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MoonglowDizzy Gillespie
Have Trumpet, Will Excite!
One Note SambaDizzy Gillespie
Bossa Nova
Mon HommeDizzy Gillespie
Jazz Time Paris, Volume 1
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