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Dizzy Gillespie

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Aliases
Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintette
Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
Dizzy Gillespie et son orchestre
Dizzy Gillespie & His All-Star Quintet
Dizzy Gillespie and His All Star Quintette
Dizzy Gillespie and His All-Stars
Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
Dizzy Gillespie and His Octet
Dizzy Gillespie and His Operatic Strings Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie and His Sextet
The Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Ensemble
Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
The Tempo Jazz Men
Real name
John Birks Gillespie
Born
October 21, 1917
Died
January 6, 1993
Country
United States
IPI
00011891894 28 works
00088544437 22 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Legendary trumpet player, composer and one of the original beboppers. Gillespie also led an Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble.
Member of
The Paris All-Stars Trumpet
Family
Jeanie Bryson Daughter
Lorraine Gillespie Wife
Related
Sahib Shihab In Gillespie bands (1950s)
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i January 1959 Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra
i 1948 Coleman Hawkins and Orchestra
i 1995 Coleman Hawkins and Orchestra
i   1947 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i All the Things You Are Quintet 1953 Unverified
i All the Things You Are Dizzy Gillespie & Sonny Stitt (Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt) 1988 Unverified
Almost Like Being in Love Ella Fitzgerald & Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra (Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie) April 21, 1993 Unverified
i 1950 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i 1959 Irving Kaufman
i 1983 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1955 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
i 1959 Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce
i 1959 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1993 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1985 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1946 The Be Bop Boys
i   1958 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i   1971 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i 1982 Dolores Gray, Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
i January 1958 Henry Busse and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Richard Barry, Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra, Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
i 1966 Joe Cuba Sextet
i 1957 Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Trummy Young, Shelly Manne, Clyde Hart, Oscar Pettiford
i   1973 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
i   1969 Emilio Tuero PRF, Los Cadetes del Swing REC,REL
i 1971 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1952 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1952 Shirley Ross
i 1959 Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Host Charlie Persip's Jazz Statesmen
1985 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i March 1970 Judy Collins
i November 10, 1976 Count Basie and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1951 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i 1971 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i   1964 Etta Moten BRD, Enric Madriguera and His Orchestra REL
i Cesar And Cleopatra Theme Dizzy Gillespie 1964 Unverified
i   1960 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i 1966 The Association
i 1966 Neil Diamond
1984 Leroy Hutson
i   1952 Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC, Carl Brisson BRD
Come Sunday Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra Unverified
i 1993 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1985 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1959 Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
i 1984 Marcus Miller
i 1963 James Moody
i 1957 (unknown)
i   1964 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
i 1962 João Gilberto
i 1956 Horace Silver Quintet
  1946 Tom Coakley and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Carl Ravazza REC, The Princeton University Triangle Club PRF
i 1988 Brook Benton
listen on Internet Archive i 1952 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
i   1954 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
i   1953 Joe Cook and Alice Boulden PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC
i September 22, 1992 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
i 1988 Marvin Gaye
i 1988 Bill Nash
i 1955 Lupita Palomera con la Orq. Hnos Dominguez
i 1969 Don Ho
i 1969 Joe South
i 1963 McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman
i March 1970 The Beatles with Billy Preston
i 1959 Blue Steele and His Orchestra with Vocal Chorus
i 1995 Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
i 1995 Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker - Sydney Catlett - Al Haig - Curly Russell
i Hot House Quintet 1953 Unverified
How High the Moon Ella Fitzgerald & The Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra (Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie) April 21, 1993 Unverified
i   1946 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i 1963 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC, Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i   1955 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i I Cover the Waterfront Dizzy Gillespie February 1953 Unverified
i 1978 The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
August 1949 Buddy Stewart and Rhythm
listen on Internet Archive i 1959 Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Clare Hanlon and The Three Waring Girls and Chorus
i If You Could See Me Now Dizzy Gillespie 1958 Unverified
i   January 1959 Beatrice Lillie PRF, Sam Lanin and His Orchestra REC
i 1954 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1969 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i 1993 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1963 Ted Lewis and His Band
i 1978 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
1946 Dizzy Gillespie
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i March 1945 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1957 Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce
i   1988 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
i 1954 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1958 Claire Carleton
i 1954 Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra
i 1984 Teddy Pendergrass
i   1955 The Dixie Stompers [US1] (Fletcher Henderson) REC, Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Singing Chorus by Eva Taylor REL
i 1971 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i 1975 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i 1957 Duke Jordan Trio
i 1954 Lester Young and His Sextet
1984 Al Foster [US2]
i 1959 Lee Morgan [US1]
i 1952 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra
i   1955 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
  1951 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
i   1971 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i   1987 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i   1957 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
i   February 1949 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
i 1995 Billie Holiday
November 1945 Billie Holiday
i Love Theme From Lolita Dizzy Gillespie 1964 Unverified
i March 1970 Nino Rota
i   1952 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra REL, Benny Goodman REC
i   1950 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i 1993 Adrian Schubert & His Orch. ‑ Vocal Chorus Harold Van Emburgh
i 1964 Ernest Gold conducting the Sinfonia of London Orchestra
i 1995 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i 1993 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i 1966 Jorge Ben e Os Copa 5
June 1946 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert
i 1969 James Rado, Lynn Kellogg, Melba Moore and Company PRF,REL, Warren Burton and Company PRF, The Company [Hair, Original Cast] REC,REL, The 5th Dimension
i   1952 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
i 1950 Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Clare Hanlon and The Three Waring Girls and Chorus
i 1988 Dionne Warwick
September 1956 Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
1985 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC, Frances Langford BRD, James Moody and His Swedish Crowns, King Pleasure with Teacho and Band
listen on Internet Archive i   1959 Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF
i   1964 Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
i 1964 Riz Ortolani e Nino Oliviero
i 1963 Agostinho dos Santos
  1953 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i March 1970 Stevie Wonder
listen on Internet Archive i 1959 Mary Martin
listen on Internet Archive i 1959 Mistinguett
i 1971 Mistinguett
i 1956 Germaine Alexandre
i 1964 Melina Mercouri
i 1946 Dizzy Gillespie
i November 10, 1976 Dizzy Gillespie
i Night In Tunisia Quintet 1953 Unverified
1952 Tuskegee Institute Singers
November 10, 1976 Tuskegee Institute Singers
i 1962 Elizete Cardoso
i 1963 The Jazztet
i March 1970 Edwin Hawkins' Singers
  1958 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
i 1963 João Gilberto
i   1950 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Emil Coleman & His Montmartre Orchestra REC
i   1993 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Emil Coleman & His Montmartre Orchestra REC
i   1953 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
  January 1959 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i October 1947 Bab's 3 Bips and a Bop with Rudy Williams & Charles Simon
i 1953 Dizzy Gillespie - Joe Carroll
1985 Dizzy Gillespie - Joe Carroll
i 1959 Benny Golson Sextet
1958 Judy Garland
i 1952 Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
i 1962 Luiz Gonzaga
  1953 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i Perdido Quintet 1953 Unverified
1963 (unknown)
i 1966 Jacqueline François
1955 Mary Lou and Her Chosen Five, Bill Johnson and His Musical Notes
i 1959 Art Farmer
i 'Round About Midnight Dizzy Gillespie Sextet August 1949 Unverified
i 1989 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i 1993 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i 1995 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i 1987 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i   1958 Douglas Stanbury PRF, Adrian Schubert's Salon Orchestra ‑ Vocal Chorus by Harold Lambert REC
i   1975 Douglas Stanbury PRF, Adrian Schubert's Salon Orchestra ‑ Vocal Chorus by Harold Lambert REC
i 1945 Auld-Hawkins-Webster Saxtet
i 1989 Auld-Hawkins-Webster Saxtet
i September 1945 Auld-Hawkins-Webster Saxtet
i Salt Peanuts Quintet 1953 Unverified
i 1957 Byron G. Harlan
School Days Joe Carroll - Dizzy Gillespie October 1951 Unverified
i   1975 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
i 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1973 Kenny Drew - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
i 1959 Howard McGhee Sextet
i 1982 Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery
i 1952 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
i 1959 Gigi Gryce Quartet & Orchestra
i Sophisticated Lady Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra May 28, 1960 Unverified
1976 Bob Haring and His Orchestra
i March 9, 2010 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i 1957 The New Miles Davis Quintet
i January 1958 Charlie Parker's All Stars
i   1956 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
1954 Prince's Band
listen on Internet Archive i 1959 Prince's Band
i 1966 Marcos Valle
i   1952 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
listen on Internet Archive   1951 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i November 10, 1976 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i 1950 Standard Quartette
i 1963 Cuarteto Machín
i 1978 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1966 The Champs
i 1987 John McNeil & Tom Harrell
i 1984 Herbie Hancock
i 1955 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
i 1957 Nat "King" Cole
i 1963 James Moody
i The Man I Love Dizzy Gillespie 1957 Unverified
i 1964 George Duning conducting The Columbia Pictures Orchestra
i 1964 Maurice Jarre
listen on Internet Archive i 1959 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
i 1966 Sam Lanin and His Troubadours
i 1955 Tullio Carminati
The Umbrella Man Joe Carroll - Dizzy Gillespie 1953 Unverified
i March 1970 Noel Harrison
i   1953 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive i   1950 Mary Eaton & Oscar Shaw PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lewis James REC,REL
i   1955 Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
i 1969 Danny Williams [ZA]
i 1951 James Moody and His Bop Men featuring Chano Pozo
1952 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms & Harry Babbitt
i   1964 Elmer Bernstein BRD, Brook Benton REL
i 1953 Coleman Hawkins' 52nd Street All Stars
i 1969 Chet Baker
i 1950 Jane Froman & Everett Marshall
  1946 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The King's Men REC, Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye BRD
i 1978 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
i 1958 Lee Morgan Sextet
i 1959 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i 1971 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i 1966 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i 1959 Bing Crosby
i 1982 Bing Crosby
i   1957 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1995 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1984 Gladys Knight & The Pips