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Dizzy Gillespie

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Noun1.Dizzy Gillespie - United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)


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The band, named Nightbird in memory of trumpeter Chet Baker, performs cool West Coast jazz of the 50s plus ground-shaking, hot be-bop of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker.
US musicians have often worked in Cuba u Ry Cooder's collaborations in the Buena Vista Social Club recordings of the 1990s, for instance, and jazz festival appearances made by Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Charlie Haden and Jack DeJohnette.
Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and gospel music were just some of the influences she was exposed to.
 
 
 
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