About
John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie 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. His combination of musicianship, showmanship, and wit made him a leading popularizer of the new music called bebop. His beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, scat singing, bent horn, pouched cheeks, and light-hearted personality have made him an enduring icon.
Albums/Songs:
- Bird and Diz
- Modern Jazz Trumpets
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Jazz Recital
- Dizzy, Volume I
- Dizzy Gillespie Plays in Paris
- Jazz Creations of Dizzy Gillespie
- Diz and Getz
- Roy & Diz
- Hot Vs. Cool (A Battle of Jazz)
- Dizzy Gillespie / Charley Christian 1941 (Minton’s Playhouse & Monroe’s Uptown, New York City)
- The Champ
- Dizzy Over Paris
- World Statesman
- Bird – Diz – Bud – Max
- Blow That Horn! Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 1
- Dizzy, Volume 2
- Red Norvo’s Fabulous Jam Session
- New Jazz Sounds
- Dizzy and Strings
- Dizzy Gillespie Plays & Johnny Richards Conducts
- Horn of Plenty
- Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 2
- Dizzy Gillespie and His All-Stars
- Dizzy in Paris
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