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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21 1917 - January 6 1993) was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. He was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. Gillespie, with Charlie Parker, was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. In addition to featuring in these epochal moments in jazz, he was instrumental in founding Afro-Cuban jazz, the modern jazz version of the "Spanish Tinge". Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and gifted improviser, building on the v...Read More >
Dizzy Gillespie Links
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hypem.com
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www.aaregistry.com
The African American Registry - The heart of jazz, Dizzy Gillespie
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teaching.arts.usyd.edu.au
Dizzy Gillespie's "The Cult of Bebop"
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www.jazzprofessional.com
Dizzy Gillespie Talking to Les Tomkins in 1973
Moggers' favorites by Dizzy Gillespie
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watching the suns/spurs game can't think of anything to say, good playoff gamemog.com More about this song Share 
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when you hear that name the first thing you think of are his cheeks and then the music, should be the other way around
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1In the period from 1945 until about 1950, there were three, simultaneous and relatively successful attempts to bring Be-Bop into the big band format. Two were formed on the west coast, one by trumpter Gerald Wilson's band and the other was led by drummer Roy Porter. Some day, someone might be able to find a way to share some of the contributions of these two bands here. Until then, you'll have to hit the history books. The third big band, of course, was Dizzy Gillespi... MORE
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2Christmas 14 years ago, my wife and I packed ourselves and our two-year old daughter into the van and drove back to Wisconsin to visit family. A week later, we were driving back to Seattle through the middle of Montana. Teresa, our daughter, was asleep, and, having grown tired of the children's music we'd packed into the stereo to keep Teresa from dying of boredom, I started aimlessly scanning the radio dial.
My expectations were low. The middle of Montana, and I'm going... MORE
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Another Mogger down.
This time it's lucystarlight.
Jazz has been a how should I say ... an enduring sancuary for me and my many moods. Playful and devilish, summer rain happy, you want to get a smoke blue, and just plain stupid goofy, what ever I am feeling Jazz has a song for me.
In the genre of Jazz I would say, hands down, bebop has that range covered very well.
For me, bebop is just ... more expressive. Swing, rag (in particular, stride), ballads, and sta... MORE
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The audience just went to what they thought would be a jazz recital. Nobody knew it would be the debut of Afro-Cuban Be Bop. This rocks. The audience emerged from the concert hall reeling. It made the papers. Something new had happened that night in L.A.... MORE
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