Dizzy Gillespie
| Noun | 1. | Dizzy Gillespie - United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993) |
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| 释义 | Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy GillespieGillespie, Dizzy(John Birks Gillespie) (gəlĕs`pē), 1917–93, American jazz musician and composer, b. Cheraw, S.C. He began to play the trumpet at 15 and later studied harmony and theory at Laurinburg Institute, N.C. He played with the bands of Cab Calloway and Billy Eckstine. Gillespie and Charlie "Bird" ParkerParker, Charlie "Bird"(Charles Christopher Parker, Jr.), 1920–55, American musician and composer, b. Kansas City, Kans. He began playing alto saxophone in 1933 and, shifting from one band to another, eventually met Dizzy Gillespie in New York City. ..... Click the link for more information. are considered the leaders of the bop (or bebop) movement in modern jazzjazz, the most significant form of musical expression of African-American culture and arguably the most outstanding contribution the United States has made to the art of music. Origins of Jazz Jazz developed in the latter part of the 19th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. . Gillespie's playing was characterized by intelligent musicianship and technical facility. BibliographySee his autobiography, To Be or Not to Bop (1979); biographies by M. James (1961), B. McRae (1988), and A. Shipton (1999). Dizzy Gillespie
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