Trumpeter John Birks Gillespie was born Oct. 21, 1917 in Cheraw, S.C. His family moved to Philadelphia when he was 14. It was there where he began picking up professional gigs. Early in his musical ...

This Smithsonian Snapshot celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month with American jazz legend John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie’s trumpet. In the 1940s, Gillespie, renowned for his harmonic complexity and scat ...

The second recording by the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band offers seventy minutes of superb, often legendary talents doing full justice to timeless material. While only three of the eleven tracks ...

Dizzy Gillespie, the seminal American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer and composer born John Birks Gillespie, would have turned 93 today. Google are celebrating his birthday by featuring a ...

ONE NIGHT ONLY featuring Slide Hampton, Jimmy Heath, Roy Hargrove, Claudio Roditi, Antonio Hart, Steve Davis, Roberta Gambarini, Cyrus Chestnut, John Lee, Willie Jones III & more! WHAT: The Dizzy ...

His trumpet was bent, his on-stage antics were quirky and unpredictable, but Dizzy Gillespie’s impact on jazz was straight-laced and undeniable. One of the fathers of the bebop movement, Gillespie ...

It's quite a stretch to call this CD the very best, since all of the music was recorded between 1946 and 1949. Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) was one of the leaders of bebop but also forged an important ...

We're marking 100 years of Dizzy Gillespie this month on ABC Jazz. Take a look back at one of jazz's most iconic trumpet players and personalities. From bebop to Afro Cuban music and even a run at the ...

A friend of mine, music industry veteran Jeff Gold (www.recordmecca.com) recently showed me Guerney’s 2005 Jazz auction catalogue. For sale in it were both Dizzy Gillespie’s famous upward-bell trumpet ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This custom–made "Silver Flair" ...

Dizzy Gillespie, the seminal American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer and composer born John Birks Gillespie, would have turned 93 today. Google are celebrating his birthday by featuring a ...