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Dizzy Gillespie

Acting Born 21 Oct 1917 Died 6 Jan 1993 — at 75.21095890411 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, s...

Latest credit Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)

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40 titles

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat poster

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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024 · 150 min

Maurice Baquet, The Accorded poster

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Maurice Baquet, The Accorded

2023 · 53 min

Jazz Club 2 poster

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Jazz Club 2

2022

Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970 poster

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Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970

2022

Charlie Parker: Bird Songs poster

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Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

2022 · 52 min

Jazz: The Only Way of Life poster

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Jazz: The Only Way of Life

2019 · 74 min

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure poster

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Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

2018 · 52 min

The Jazz Ambassadors poster

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The Jazz Ambassadors

2018 · 60 min

Brownie Speaks poster

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Brownie Speaks

2014 · 87 min

Jazz Legends in Their Own Words poster

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Jazz Legends in Their Own Words

2014 · 58 min

The Music According to Tom Jobim poster

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The Music According to Tom Jobim

2012 · 84 min

All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater MOVIE Watched In progress

All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater

2011 · 47 min

The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best DOC Watched In progress

The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best

2009 · 55 min

Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong poster

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Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong

2008 · 93 min

Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70 poster

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Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70

2006 · 85 min

The Harlem Renaissance poster

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The Harlem Renaissance

2004 · 75 min

Improvisation poster

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Improvisation

2004 · 75 min

Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal MOVIE Watched In progress

Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal

2002

Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 poster

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Monterey Jazz Festival 1975

1998 · 59 min

Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar poster

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Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar

1995 · 94 min

A Great Day in Harlem poster

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A Great Day in Harlem

1994 · 60 min

Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time DOC Watched In progress

Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

1992 · 91 min

El invierno en Lisboa poster

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El invierno en Lisboa

1991 · 100 min

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs poster

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Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

1990 · 58 min

Amazonia poster

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Amazonia

1990 · 10 min

To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life DOC Watched In progress

To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life

1990 · 55 min

Slim Gaillard's Civilisation poster

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Slim Gaillard's Civilisation

1989 · 218 min

Didn't We Ramble On poster

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Didn't We Ramble On

1989 · 14 min

Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis DOC Watched In progress

Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis

1986

Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985) poster

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Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

1985 · 90 min

A Family Circus Easter poster

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A Family Circus Easter

1982 · 24 min

Dizzy's Dream Band DOC Watched In progress

Dizzy's Dream Band

1982 · 89 min

Música para Sempre DOC Watched In progress

Música para Sempre

1980 · 90 min

Dizzy Gillespie Quartet @ Berliner Jazztage 1974 poster

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Dizzy Gillespie Quartet @ Berliner Jazztage 1974

1974 · 44 min

Jazz Is Our Religion poster

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Jazz Is Our Religion

1972 · 50 min

Duke Ellington: Love You Madly DOC Watched In progress

Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

1967 · 59 min

Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith DOC Watched In progress

Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith

1966 · 55 min

Look at Life: Jazz All the Way DOC Watched In progress

Look at Life: Jazz All the Way

1963 · 8 min

Cool DOC Watched In progress

Cool

Unknown · 60 min

What's Happening poster

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What's Happening

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