Dizzy Gillespie
Acting
Born October 21, 1917 — Died January 6, 1993
From Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
Also known as John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie, John Birks Gillespie
Biography
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 pr...
Filmography
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
20247.7
Maurice Baquet, The Accorded
Self (archive footage)
202310.0
Jazz Club 2
2022
Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
Self - trompettiste
2022
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Self (archive footage)
20226.8
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
20217.4
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Self (archive footage)
20206.9
Jazz: The Only Way of Life
Self (archive footage)
20198.3
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Musician (archive footage)
20197.1
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Self (archive footage)
20189.0
The Jazz Ambassadors
Self (archive footage)
20187.0
Brownie Speaks
Self
201410.0
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
Self (archive footage)
2014
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Self (archive footage)
20127.0
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All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
Self
2011
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The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
Self
2009
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
Self
20088.5
Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70
Self
2006
The Harlem Renaissance
Self (archive footage)
20046.0
Improvisation
Self
2004
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Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal
Self
20025.0
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
Self
1998
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Self
19958.0
A Great Day in Harlem
Self
19946.6
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Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
Self (archive footage)
19925.2
El invierno en Lisboa
Bill Swann
19914.7
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Self
19909.0
Amazonia
(voice)
19909.0
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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
19898.5
Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
Self
1989
Didn't We Ramble On
Narrator
1989
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Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
Self
1986
The Cosmic Eye
The Musicians
19866.3
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
Self
1985
A Family Circus Easter
Easter Bunny (voice)
19828.5
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Dizzy's Dream Band
Self
1982
The Beginnings of Bebop
Self
1981
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Música para Sempre
Self
19808.0
The Last of the Blue Devils
Self (archive footage)
19798.0
Dizzy Gillespie Quartet @ Berliner Jazztage 1974
Self
1974
Voyage to Next
Father Time (voice)
19745.3
Jazz Is Our Religion
197210.0
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Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
Self
1967
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Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith
Self
19669.0
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The Hat
The First Border Guard (voice)
19649.0
Dizzy Gillespie
Self
19647.0
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Look at Life: Jazz All the Way
Self
1963
The Hole
(voice)
19625.8
Date with Dizzy
Self
19564.8
Jivin' in Bebop
Self
19466.5
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Cool
Self
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