Dizzy Gillespie
Actor
Born October 21, 1917 in Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
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.
Filmography
What's Happening
Self
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
A Supermarket in Californi
Maurice Baquet, The Accorded
Self (archive footage)
Jazz Club 2
Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
Self - trompettiste
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Self (archive footage)
Jazz: The Only Way of Life
Self (archive footage)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Self (archive footage)
The Jazz Ambassadors
Self (archive footage)
Brownie Speaks
Self
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
Self (archive footage)
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Self (archive footage)
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
Self
Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70
Self
The Harlem Renaissance
Self (archive footage)
Improvisation
Self
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
Self
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Self
A Great Day in Harlem
Self
El invierno en Lisboa
Bill Swann
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Self
Amazonia
(voice)
Slim Gaillard's Civilisation
Self
A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba
Self - Trumpet
Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
Self
Didn't We Ramble On
Narrator
The Cosmic Eye
The Musicians
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
Self
The Cosby Show
Mr. Hampton
Hello
A Family Circus Easter
Easter Bunny (voice)
The Beginnings of Bebop
Self
The Last of the Blue Devils
Self (archive footage)
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
Dizzy Gillespie Quartet @ Berliner Jazztage 1974
Self
Voyage to Next
Father Time (voice)
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Jazz Is Our Religion
Great Performances
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Dizzy Gillespie
Self
The Hole
(voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Jazz Casual
Self - Trumpet
Date with Dizzy
Self
Things to Come
Jivin' in Bebop
Self