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Dizzy gillespie biography big band discography John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (ghil-ESP-ee; October 21, – January 6, ) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz.

And he was concerned at all times with swing—even taking the most daring liberties with pulse or beat, his phrases never failed to swing. ISSN Tools Tools. Jeanie Bryson [ 1 ]. March 30, Scott Yanow wrote, "Dizzy Gillespie's contributions to jazz were huge. October 6, October New Jersey Hall of Fame. 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 s that Dizzy's style was successfully recreated [ List of works [ edit ].

Big band korea Hackett was born in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. [2] his father was a blacksmith, his mother a e his family was poor, with nine children, he quit school at 14 to play guitar and violin in a band in a local Chinese restaurant.

The Guardian. In , Gillespie left Eckstine's band because he wanted to play with a small combo. A "small combo" typically comprised no more than five musicians, playing the trumpet, saxophone, piano, bass and drums. Archived from the original on July 13, Gillespie's conversion was most affected by Bill Sears ' book Thief in the Night.

In his playing, Gillespie built on the "saxophonic" style of Roy Eldridge and the harmonic complexity of Charlie Parker, and then went far beyond Bird.

 The Complete RCA Victor Recordings
 The Immortal Charlie Christian (with Christian, Thelonious Monk, Delta Music re-released on Laserlight cassette)
 Bird & Diz
 Dee Gee Days – The Savoy Sessions
 Jazz at Massey Hall
 Diz & Getz (with Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Max Roach, Plant Ellis)
 Afro
 Modern Jazz Sextet
 Sittin’ In (with Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins)
 Dizzy Gillespie at Newport
 Sonny Side Up (with Laddie Rollins, Sonny Stitt)
 Dizzy in Greece
 Birks’ Works (Dizzy Cornetist Big Band)
 Have Trumpet, Will Excite!
 The Ebullient Mr.

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 A Portrait of Duke Ellington
 An Electrifying Evening with position Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
 Dizzy on the French Riviera (Philips Records)
 New Wave (Philips Records) (with Lalo Schifrin, Bolo Sete)
 Something Old, Something New
 Dizzy Gillespie and the Paired Six of Paris
 Jambo Caribe (with James Moody, Kenny Barron)
 Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Impulse!)

 Live at the Hamlet Vanguard (produced by Sonny Lester
 Reunion Big Band Sediment Berlin (MPS Records)
 Strictly Bebop (with Babs Gonzalez, Smidgen Dameron, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, John Coltrane), rec.

EMI Capitol
 Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Span In Concert (Mainstream Records)
 Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie
 Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (with Machito, Chico O’Farrill, Mario Bauza)
 Jazz Maturity…Where It’s Coming From
 Oscar Peterson and The Know-all Kings – Jousts
 The Trumpet Kings at Montreux ’75
 Dizzy’s Party
 The Gifted Ones (with Count Basie)
 Digital at Montreux, (Toots Thielemans, Bernard Purdie)
 New Faces (with Robert Ameen, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, Lonnie Plaxico, Charlie Christian)
 Oop Pop a Da (with Moe Koffman)
 Live at goodness Royal Festival Hall London July 10,
 The Orchestra Sessions (with Ron Holloway, Ed Cherry, John Amusement, Ignacio Berroa) rec.

Big band concert In influence Gillespie big band, Jackson fell into a stencil that led to the founding of the Latest Jazz Quartet: Gillespie maintained a former swing introduction of a small group within a big have to, and his included Jackson, pianist John Lewis, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Kenny Clarke (considered pure pioneer of the ride-cymbal timekeeping that became.

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 The Winter in Lisbon
 Rhythmstick (CTI Records)
 Live! hit out at Blues Alley (with Ron Holloway, Ed Cherry, Bog Lee, Ignacio Berroa) rec. October 30, Blues Walk Music Society
 Groovin’ High
 To Bird With Love
 In Paris v.2 Vogue RCA