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Gillespie, Dizzy (1917-1993) Summary
1,047 words, approx. 4 pages On stage, wearing his black beret, goatee, and wire-rimmed glasses, Dizzy Gillespie was the much-imitated archetype of the jazz hipster. When he raised his trademark bent horn and began to play, cheeks puffed out like a giant chipmunk, he created a...
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 John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21 1917 – January 6 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in Cheraw, South Carolina, the youngest of nine children. Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major...




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Dizzy Gillespie
01/10/1993: 547 words, approx. 2 pages The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 01-10-1993 DIZZY GILLESPIE Date: 01-10-1993, Sunday Section: REVIEW & OUTLOOK Edition: All Editions -- Sunday Biographical: JOHN BIRKS "DIZZY"GILLESPIE JOHN Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie's life and music -- like his nickname -- were a joyous, liberating whirl for...
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Dizzy Gillespie And Friends
03/12/1987: 435 words, approx. 2 pages Born in Cheraw, S.C. on Oct. 21, 1917, John Berks Gillespie was dubbed "Dizzy" by fellow trumpeter Palmer Davis (Fats Palmer) in 1937. Both were playing in Teddy Hill's orchestra and Davis, alternately impressed and amused by Gillespie's talent and hijinks, said, "Man, this...
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Jazz clarinetist Tony Scott dies at 85
3/31/2007: 312 words, approx. 1 pages Jazz musician Tony Scott, a clarinetist, composer and arranger who worked with such greats as Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker, has died, the House of Jazz said Saturday. He was 85.Scott died Wednesday in Rome, where he had lived for decades, according to a statement...
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Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
6/15/2005: 301 words, approx. 1 pages Description : Amazon.com He reached an apogee of fame in the mid-1980s as the producer-arranger of Michael Jackson's blockbuster album Thriller and the charity single "We Are the World," but Quincy Jones has been a force in American music since he was a teenager. He...


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