Dizzy Gillespie

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bandleader bebop musician composer human jazz trumpeter

Dizzy Gillespie was an influential American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and key architect of bebop known for his virtuosic playing and bent trumpet.

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Dizzy Gillespie canonical 71

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
bebop musician ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz trumpeter ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer ⓘ
collaboratedWith Chano Pozo ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ
Kenny Clarke ⓘ
Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1917-10-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1993-01-06 ⓘ
familyName Gillespie ⓘ
fullName John Birks Gillespie ⓘ
genre Afro-Cuban jazz ⓘ
bebop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
influenced Arturo Sandoval ⓘ
Clifford Brown ⓘ
Fats Navarro ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Wynton Marsalis ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
memberOf Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Quintet ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie Big Band ⓘ
middleName Birks ⓘ
movement Afro-Cuban jazz movement ⓘ
bebop ⓘ
nickname Dizzy ⓘ
notableFor development of bebop ⓘ
development of modern jazz trumpet playing ⓘ
puffed cheeks playing style ⓘ
use of bent trumpet ⓘ
notableWork A Night in Tunisia ⓘ
Groovin' High ⓘ
Manteca ⓘ
Salt Peanuts ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
trumpeter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cheraw, South Carolina, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Englewood, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
religion Baha'i Faith ⓘ
surface form: Baháʼí Faith
spouse Lorraine Willis Gillespie ⓘ

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Nice Jazz Festival → hasParticipant → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Pops → influenced → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Armstrong
Satch → influenced → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Armstrong
West End Blues → hasInfluencedArtist → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Earl Hines → collaboratedWith → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Charlie Parker → collaboratedWith → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Verve Records → notableArtist → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Miles Davis → influencedBy → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Max Roach → associatedAct → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Do I Do → featuredMusician → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Quincy Jones → collaboratedWith → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Norman Granz → employed → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Norman Granz → associatedAct → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Ray Brown → collaboratedWith → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Pablo Records → releasedMusicBy → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Bird → collaboratedWith → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
subject surface form: Charlie Parker
Yardbird → associatedAct → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
subject surface form: Charlie Parker
Ko-Ko → featuresMusician → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Ornithology → notablePerformer → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Confirmation → recordedBy → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Mary Lou Williams → collaboratedWith → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Mary Lou Williams → influenced → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
I Got Rhythm → hasNotableRecordingBy → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame → notableHonoree → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Dial Records → recordedArtist → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Now's the Time → firstRecordingPersonnel → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Oscar Peterson → collaboratedWith → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan → associatedAct → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Lalo Schifrin → workedWith → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Thelonious Monk → associatedAct → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Bud Powell → associatedAct → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Savoy Records → recordedArtist → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Miriam Makeba → collaboratedWith → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Norgran Records → notableArtist → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Stan Getz → associatedAct → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
NEA Jazz Masters Award → notableRecipient → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Maxwell Lemuel Roach → collaboratedWith → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Clifford Brown → influencedBy → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Illinois Jacquet → associatedAct → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Chu Berry → associatedAct → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Newport Jazz Festival → hasFeaturedArtist → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Roulette Records → notableArtist → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Joe Pass → associatedAct → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Federico Britos → hasCollaboratedWith → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Don Byas → performedWith → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Roy Eldridge → influenced → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Charlie Christian → associatedAct → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Dexter Gordon → associatedAct → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
All the Things You Are → hasNotableRecordingBy → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Art Blakey → associatedAct → Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ