Trumpeter John Birks Gillespie was born Oct. 21, 1917 in Cheraw, S.C. His family moved to Philadelphia when he was 14. It was there where he began picking up professional gigs. Early in his musical ...

This Smithsonian Snapshot celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month with American jazz legend John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie’s trumpet. In the 1940s, Gillespie, renowned for his harmonic complexity and scat ...

His trumpet was bent, his on-stage antics were quirky and unpredictable, but Dizzy Gillespie’s impact on jazz was straight-laced and undeniable. One of the fathers of the bebop movement, Gillespie ...

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, along with Charlie Parker, ushered in the era of Be-Bop in the American jazz tradition. He was born Cheraw, South Carolina, and was the youngest of nine children. He ...

We're marking 100 years of Dizzy Gillespie this month on ABC Jazz. Take a look back at one of jazz's most iconic trumpet players and personalities. From bebop to Afro Cuban music and even a run at the ...

It's quite a stretch to call this CD the very best, since all of the music was recorded between 1946 and 1949. Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) was one of the leaders of bebop but also forged an important ...

WHAT: The Dizzy Gillespie TM All-Star Big Band has long considered the Blue Note their musical home, as Dizzy did since the club's inception in 1981. The relationship has culminated in a studio ...

Playing Dizzy Gillespie's music is an ambitious project, but the Bill Blackmore Sextet rose to the challenge last week in the John Field Room. In 'Dizzy Atmosphere', Blackmore (trumpet) was supported ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dizzy Gillespie, the immensely creative trumpeter and bandleader, was one of jazz music’s goodwill ambassadors. He worked tirelessly from the ’30s until his ...