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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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Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Afro Dizzy Gillespie 1954 Norgran Records
A Portrait of Duke Ellington Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra 1960 Verve Records
At Newport Dizzy Gillespie 1957 Verve Records
Bird and Diz Bird and Diz 1952 Mercury
Birks' Works Dizzy Gillespie Big Band 1958 Verve Records
Carter, Gillespie, Inc. Benny Carter & Dizzy Gillespie November 10, 1976 Pablo
Closer to the Source Dizzy Gillespie 1984 Atlantic
Complete Studio Recordings Dizzy Gillespie Quintet March 9, 2010 Ais
Cornucopia Dizzy Gillespie March 1970 Solid State Records [US1]
Diz 'n' Bird in Concert Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker 1959 Roost [Royal Roost]
Dizzier and Dizzier Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra 1954 RCA Victor
Dizzy and His Orchestra Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra 1953 Swing
Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy Gillespie et son orchestre 1952 Blue Star [FR]
Dizzy Gillespie and His All-Stars Dizzy Gillespie and His All-Stars March 1947 Musicraft [US1]
Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith 1958 Verve Records
Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet 1987 Timeless Records [NL]
Dizzy Gillespie Plays, Johnny Richards Conducts Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards 1950 Discovery Records [US1]
Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 1975 Pablo
Dizzy Gillespie with Strings Dizzy Gillespie 1952 Blue Star [FR]
Dizzy Goes Hollywood Dizzy Gillespie 1964 Philips
Dizzy in Greece Dizzy Gillespie 1957 Verve Records
Dizzy on the French Riviera Dizzy Gillespie 1962 Philips
Dizzy's Diamonds - Best of the Verve Years Dizzy Gillespie September 22, 1992 Verve Records
Endlessly Dizzy Gillespie 1988 Impulse!
For Musicians Only Dizzy Gillespie - Stan Getz - Sonny Stitt 1957 Verve Records
Giants Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Hackett, Mary Lou Williams 1971 Perception Records
Good Bait Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra 1976 Spotlite Records
Have Trumpet, Will Excite! Dizzy Gillespie 1959 Verve Records
It's My Way Dizzy Gillespie 1969 Solid State Records [US1]
Jambo Caribe Dizzy Gillespie 1964 Limelight
Jazz at Massey Hall - Volume Three Quintet 1953 Debut
Jazz Maturity… Where It's Coming From Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie 1978 Pablo
Jazz Recital Dizzy Gillespie September 1956 Norgran Records
Jazztime Paris Vol. 2 / Dizzy Gillespie Showcase Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 1953 Vogue
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Guest Dizzy Gillespie Marian McPartland with Dizzy Gillespie 1993 The Jazz Alliance
Max + Diz - Paris 1989 Max Roach + Dizzy Gillespie 1989 A&M Records
Musician-Composer-Raconteur Dizzy Gillespie 1982 Pablo Live
New Jazz Sounds Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Harris 1955 Norgran Records
New Wave! Dizzy Gillespie 1963 Philips
"Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be ...Oo, Oo" "...Oo, Oo" Lilian Terry with Dizzy Gillespie 1985 Soul Note
Portrait of Jenny Dizzy Gillespie 1970 Perception Records
Roy and Diz Roy Eldridge - Dizzy Gillespie 1955 Clef Records
Something Old, Something New Dizzy Gillespie 1963 Philips
Sonny Side Up Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins January 1959 Verve Records
Stuff Smith Dizzy Gillespie Oscar Peterson Stuff Smith, Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson 1994 Verve Records
"The Alternate Blues" Clark Terry - Freddie Hubbard - Dizzy Gillespie plus Oscar Peterson 1982 Pablo Today
The Big Band Sound of Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra 1973 Verve Records
The Dizzy Gillespie – Stan Getz Sextet The Dizzy Gillespie – Stan Getz Sextet 1954 Norgran Records
The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie Dizzy Gillespie 1959 Verve Records
The Giant Dizzy Gillespie 1973 America Records
The Greatest Trumpet of Them All Dizzy Gillespie and His Octet 1959 Verve Records
The Melody Lingers On Dizzy Gillespie 1966 Limelight
To a Finland Station Dizzy Gillespie & Arturo Sandoval 1983 Pablo
Tour de Force The Trumpets of Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Harry Edison January 1958 Verve Records
Volume 3 - 1941-1942 - Complete Edition Dizzy Gillespie 1993 Masters of Jazz
Volume 4 1943-1944 Dizzy Gillespie 1995 Masters of Jazz
World Statesman Dizzy Gillespie 1956 Norgran Records

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
52nd Street Theme Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra 1946 RCA Victor
All the Things You Are Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 1947 Musicraft [US1]
Anthropology Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra 1946 RCA Victor
Caravan Dizzy Gillespie 1951 Dee Gee
Cocktails for Two Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 1952 Esquire
Confirmation Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen 1946 Dial Records
East of the Sun Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra 1946 Continental [US-NY]
Everything Happens to Me The Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Ensemble 1952 Blue Note
Fine and Dandy Dizzy Gillespie and His Operatic Strings Orchestra 1953 Blue Star [FR]
Groovin' High Dizzy Gillespie and Cozy Cole - Slam Stewart - Remo Palmieri - Clyde Hart - Charlie Parker 1945 Guild [US]
I Can't Get Started Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars 1946 Manor
If Love Is Trouble Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra August 1949 RCA Victor
I Waited for You Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra 1947 Musicraft [US1]
Lady Be Good - Klook Returns Joe Carroll & Dizzy Gillespie - Kenny Clarke 1951 Dee Gee
Love Me Pretty Baby Dizzy Gillespie 1952 Dee Gee
Lover, Come Back to Me Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra February 1949 RCA Victor
Lover Man - Oh, Where Can You Be Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker - Sydney Catlett - Al Haig - Curly Russell November 1945 Guild [US]
Lullaby of the Leaves - Dizzy Gillespie Plays, Johnny Richards Conducts Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards 1950 Discovery Records [US1]
Manteca Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra 1948 RCA Victor
Mean to Me Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra June 1946 Continental [US-NY]
Minor Walk Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra 1948 RCA Victor
Oopapada Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra October 1947 RCA Victor
O-Sho-Be-Do-Be Dizzy Gillespie - Joe Carroll 1951 Dee Gee
Our Delight Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra August 1946 Musicraft [US1]
Salted Peanuts Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Trummy Young, Shelly Manne, Clyde Hart, Oscar Pettiford 1945 Manor
Salt Peanuts Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker - Sydney Catlett - Al Haig - Curly Russell September 1945 Guild [US]
Somethin' for You Oscar Pettiford and His 18 All Stars featuring Dizzie Gillespie and Don Byas August 1946 Manor
The Champ Dizzy Gillespie July 1951 Dee Gee
Thinking of You – To Think You've Chosen Me Dizzy Gillespie and His Sextet – Sonny Stitt and His Orchestra 1950 Prestige [US]
Tin Tin Daeo Dizzy Gillespie 1951 Dee Gee
Two Bass Hit Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra 1947 RCA Victor

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