Dizzy Gillespie

Actor

Born: October 21, 1917
Died: January 6, 1993 (age 75)
From: 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…

Filmography (53)

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)
Self (archive footage)
Maurice Baquet, The Accorded (2023)
Self (archive footage)
Jazz Club 2 (2022)
Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970 (2022)
Self - trompettiste
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs (2022)
Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (2020)
Self (archive footage)
Jazz: The Only Way of Life (2019)
Self (archive footage)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019)
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure (2018)
Self (archive footage)
The Jazz Ambassadors (2018)
Self (archive footage)
Brownie Speaks (2014)
Self
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words (2014)
Self (archive footage)
The Music According to Tom Jobim (2012)
Self (archive footage)
All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater (2011)
Self
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best (2009)
Self
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong (2008)
Self
Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70 (2006)
Self
The Harlem Renaissance (2004)
Self (archive footage)
Improvisation (2004)
Self
Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal
Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal (2002)
Self
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 (1998)
Self
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar (1995)
Self
A Great Day in Harlem (1994)
Self
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (1992)
Self (archive footage)
El invierno en Lisboa (1991)
Bill Swann
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990)
Self
Amazonia (1990)
(voice)
To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life
To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life (1990)
Self
Slim Gaillard's Civilisation (1989)
Self