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Gillespie, Dizzy (John Birks)

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Gillespie, Dizzy (John Birks)


US jazz trumpeter and composer. With Charlie Parker, he was the chief creator and representative of the bebop style. Gillespie influenced many modern jazz trumpeters, including Miles Davis.

Although associated mainly with small combos, Gillespie formed his first big band in 1945 and toured with a big band in the late 1980s, as well as in the intervening decades; a big band can be heard on Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (1957). His hit singles ‘Groovin' High’, ‘Night in Tunisia’, ‘Manteca’, and ‘Con Alma’ became jazz standards.

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