Person
Dizzy Gillespie
Albums
618
Members
22
Active
1917–1993
Origin
United States
Biography
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and occasional singer. Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic complexity previously unknown in jazz. His beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, his scat singing, his bent horn, pouched cheeks and his light-hearted personality were essential in popularizing bebop. In the 1940s Gillespie, together 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, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Lee Morgan, Jon Faddis and Chuck Mangione.
Discography
Jazz Creations of Dizzy Gillespie
The Champ
The Champ
The Trumpet Kings
Trumpet Battle
World Statesman
World Statesman
At Newport
At Newport
Concert In Paris
Dizzy at Home and Abroad
Dizzy Gillespie and His Big Band in Concert
Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith
Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band Jazz
Dizzy in Greece
Dizzy In Greece
For Musicians Only
Jazz From Paris - Dizzy And Django
School Days
School Days
The Dizzy Gillespie Story
The Dizzy Gillespie Story
Tour de Force
World Statesman
Dizzier And Dizzier
Dizzy At Home And Abroad
Dizzy In Greece
Dizzy In Greece Volume 1
Duets
Jazz At Massey Hall Volume 1
Jazz At Massey Hall Volume 3
Jazz At Massey Hall Volume 4
Sittin' In
Spotlight On Dizzie Gillespie And Chuck Lewis
Diz 'n' Bird in Concert
Diz 'N' Bird In Concert
Have Trumpet, Will Excite!
Sonny Side Up
Dizzy
Gillespiana
Have Trumpet Will Excite
The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie
Perceptions
Perceptions
The Greatest Of Dizzy Gillespie
Desafinado / Pau De Arara
Dizzy on the French Riviera
Dizzy On The French Riviera
Dizzy, Rollins & Stitt
Giants of Modern Jazz
Joogie Boogie / Doodlin'
Olé / In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
Pleyel 53
The New Sound In Jazz: "Bossa Nova" — Desafinado
Dizzy Gillespie & The Double Six of Paris
Good Bait / Early Mornin' Blues
New Wave
Dizzy Goes Hollywood
Dizzy Goes Hollywood
Groovin' High
Credits
Ornithology: The Best Of Bird
Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings
The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection
A Tribute to Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes
¡The Long Lost Bird Live Afro-CuBop Recordings!
NDR 60 Years Jazz Edition No. 01
Two-Shade
Parkdale
Diasporas
The Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions
Sittin' In
Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945
The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington
Talkin’ Bird
Something Old, Something New
Strings of Desire
Be Bop
Diz ’n Bird at Carnegie Hall
Dizzy for President
Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Volume One
The Chronological Classics: Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra 1944-1945
The Cool World / Dizzy Goes Hollywood
Groovin' High
The Bop Session
Verve Jazz Masters 25
Gillespiana and Carnegie Hall Concert
Pleyel 48 + Max Roach Quintet 49
Taurus Woman
Twisted Blues
At the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975
Dizzy Gillespie, Volume 1/2 (1946–1949)
The Indispensable Coleman Hawkins: “Body and Soul” (1927–1956)
To Bird With Love
The Genius of Charlie Parker
The Immortal Charlie Parker
Max + Dizzy - Paris 1989
“Rahsaan”: The Complete Mercury Recordings of Roland Kirk
The Bebop Revolution
Jazz at The Philharmonic London, 1969
Montreux '77: Oscar Peterson Jam
Voodoo
Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve
Oop-Pop-A-Da
Shaw 'Nuff
The Legendary Masters Unissued or Rare 1951-65
Bennett / Berlin
Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie
Dee Gee Days
Vocalese
To a Finland Station
Do I Do
Stevie Wonder’s Original Musiquarium I
The Alternate Blues
Digital at Montreux, 1980
Dizzy Gillespie Jam: Montreux '77
Tarantella
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big Four
Jazz Maturity... Where It's Coming From