Acting
Dizzy Gillespie
EN, FR, RU, PT cinema · 62 credits
Born
21 October 1917
Died
6 January 1993 (aged 75)
Birthplace
Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
Also known as John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie · John Birks Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (/ɡɪˈlɛspi/; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer. Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge[2] 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, his scat singing, his bent horn, pouched cheeks and his light-hearted personality provided some of bebop's most prominent symbols. In the 1940s Gillespie, 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, Jon Faddis, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Lee Morgan, Chuck Mangione, and balladeer Johnny Hartman. AllMusic's Scott Yanow wrote: "Dizzy Gillespie's contributions to jazz were huge. 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 1970s that Dizzy's style was successfully recreated [....] Arguably Gillespie is remembered, by both critics and fans alike, as one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
Filmography
Cool
Cool
as Self
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
Maurice Baquet, The Accorded
as Self (archive footage)
Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
as Self - trompettiste
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
as Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
as Self (archive footage)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
Jazz: The Only Way of Life
as Self (archive footage)
The Jazz Ambassadors
as Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
as Self (archive footage)
Brownie Speaks
as Self
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
The Music According to Tom Jobim
as Self (archive footage)
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
as Self (archive footage)
The Harlem Renaissance
as Self (archive footage)
Movie Music Man: A Portrait of Lalo Schifrin
as Self - Musician, Trumpet
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
as Self (archive footage)
El invierno en Lisboa
as Bill Swann, Original Music Composer
Amazonia
as (voice)
A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba
as Self - Trumpet
Didn't We Ramble On
as Narrator
The Cosmic Eye
as The Musicians
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
1986
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
as Self
Hello
Original Music Composer
A Family Circus Easter
as Easter Bunny (voice)
The Last of the Blue Devils
as Self (archive footage)
Second Chance: Sea
1977
Second Chance: Sea
Original Music Composer
Voyage to Next
as Father Time (voice), Original Music Composer
The Hat
1964
The Hat
as The First Border Guard (voice)
Dizzy Gillespie
as Self
The Hole
as (voice)
Date with Dizzy
as Self, Music
Jivin' in Be-Bop
as Self