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
Bahiana
The Development of an American Artist
The Great Modern Jazz Trumpet
The Sonny Rollins/Sonny Stitt Sessions
The Sonny Rollins/Sonny Stitt Sessions
3 géants du jazz
Bebop Revisited, Vol. 2
Composer's Concepts
Diz And Getz
Diz And Roy
Free Ride
Sweet Soul
Unicorn / Free Ride
20 Golden Pieces of Dizzy Gillespie
20 Golden Pieces Of Dizzy Gillespie
"Diz"
"Diz"
Dizzy Gillespie And The Be-Bop Era
Jazz Maturity... Where It's Coming From
V.I.P.-Jazz 5
Dizzy Gillepsie
Havin' A Good Time In Paris Vol.1
Manteca
The Gifted Ones
Dizzy In Paris / 1952-1953
Giants Of Jazz
I giganti del jazz, vol. 2
The Best Of Dizzy Gillespie
The Legendary Guild And Musicraft Sides
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big Four
Digital at Montreux, 1980
Dizzy Gillespie 1944–1946
Dizzy Gillespie Jam
Dizzy Gillespie Jam: Montreux '77
Europa Jazz
Europa Jazz
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 22
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 52
The Source
Atmosphere
Body And Soul
Diz and the Bird
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 96
Live
Musician-Composer-Raconteur
The Alternate Blues
Bird & Diz
Jazz At The Philharmonic - The Challenges
Jazz At The Philharmonic - The Challenges 1954
Live! At The Wisconsin Jazz Festival
One Night In Washington
One Night In Washington
To a Finland Station
Bebop Legends
Closer To The Source
Dizzy In Paris
Dizzy In Paris
You're No. 1 - In My Book
Dee Gee Days
Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra 1946-1949
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