American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993)
| Description | American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993) Source: Wikidata |
|---|---|
| Born | 1917-10-21 Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Birthplace | Cheraw Cheraw Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Died | 1993-01-06 Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Place of death | Englewood Englewood Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Area | United States Source: MusicBrainz |
| Country | US Source: MusicBrainz |
| Citizenship | United States Source: Wikidata |
| Occupation | singer conductor musician bandleader recording artist pianist composer trumpeter jazz musician Source: Wikidata |
| Instruments | voice trumpet Jew's harp Source: Wikidata |
| Genres | jazz bebop Afro-Cuban jazz Source: Wikidata |
| Record labels | Capitol Records RCA Records Pablo Verve Records Savoy Records Dee Gee Records Source: Wikidata |
| Member of | Cab Calloway and His Orchestra Dizzy Gillespie Sextet Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra The Dizzy Gillespie United Nation All Star Orchestra Dizzy Gillespie Quintet Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra Dizzy Gillespie's Cool Jazz Stars Charlie Parker’s Ree Boppers Dizzy Gillespie Quartet Dizzy Gillespie Big Band Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen Dizzy Gillespie-Phil Woods All Stars The Trumpets of Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Harry Edison Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars Dizzy Gillespie – Stan Getz Sextet Dizzy Gillespie’s All‐Star Quintet The Giants of Jazz Red Norvo All-Stars The Dizzy Gillespie 6 Dizzy Gillespie Jam Dizzy Gillespie’s Rebop Six American Academy of Arts and Letters Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Awards | New Jersey Hall of Fame Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award NEA Jazz Masters Paul Acket Award Kennedy Center Honors star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres National Medal of Arts Source: Wikidata |
B. Bopstein Diz Dizzie Gilespie Dizzie Gillespie Dizzy Dizzy Gilespy Dizzy Gillepsie Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 Gabriel Hen Gates Izzie Goldberg J. Burk J.B. Gillespie John Berks John Birks John Birks Gillespie John Burk John Gillespie John Kildare John “Dizzy” Gillespie “Izzy” Goldberg
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