Dizzy Gillespie
Acting
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
TV Shows(10)
The Cosby Show
Mr. Hampton
1984
Bei Bio
Self
1983
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Great Performances
Self
1971
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Jazz Casual
Self - Trumpet
1961
What's Happening
Self
Movies(52)
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
2024
Maurice Baquet, The Accorded
Self (archive footage)
2023
Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
Self - trompettiste
2022
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Self (archive footage)
2022
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
2021
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Self (archive footage)
2020
Jazz: The Only Way of Life
Self (archive footage)
2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Musician (archive footage)
2019
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Self (archive footage)
2018
The Jazz Ambassadors
Self (archive footage)
2018
Brownie Speaks
Self
2014
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
Self (archive footage)
2014
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Self (archive footage)
2012
All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
Self
2011
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
Self
2009
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
Self
2008
Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70
Self
2006
The Harlem Renaissance
Self (archive footage)
2004
Improvisation
Self
2004
Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal
Self
2002
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
Self
1998
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Self
1995
A Great Day in Harlem
Self
1994
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
Self (archive footage)
1992
El invierno en Lisboa
Bill Swann
1991
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Self
1990
Amazonia
(voice)
1990
To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life
Self
1990
Slim Gaillard's Civilisation
Self
1989
A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba
Self - Trumpet
1989
Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
Self
1989
Didn't We Ramble On
Narrator
1989
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
Self
1986
The Cosmic Eye
The Musicians
1986
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
Self
1985
A Family Circus Easter
Easter Bunny (voice)
1982
Dizzy's Dream Band
Self
1982
The Beginnings of Bebop
Self
1981
Música para Sempre
Self
1980
The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story
Self (archive footage)
1979
Dizzy Gillespie Quartet @ Berliner Jazztage 1974
Self
1974
Voyage to Next
Father Time (voice)
1974
Jazz Is Our Religion
1972
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
Self
1967
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith
Self
1966
The Hat
The First Border Guard (voice)
1964
Dizzy Gillespie
Self
1964
Look at Life: Jazz All the Way
Self
1963
The Hole
(voice)
1962
Date with Dizzy
Self
1956
Jivin' in Bebop
Self
1946
Cool
Self