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Dizzy Gillespie
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Trombettisti · 1917–1993

Dizzy Gillespie

Trombettista, pianista e compositore statunitense

Nascita
21 ottobre 1917
Cheraw
Morte
6 gennaio 1993
Englewood
Paese
Stati Uniti
Attività
1935–
Etichette
Capitol Records, Verve Records, RCA Records, Savoy Records, Pablo Records
Discografia
107 album

Biografia

Dizzy Gillespie è stato un musicista jazz (tromba, scacciapensieri e voce). Nato il 21 ottobre 1917 a Cheraw, morto il 6 gennaio 1993 a Englewood. Lo stile è di solito associato a jazz, bebop e jazz afrocubano. Etichette: Capitol Records, Verve Records, RCA Records e Savoy Records. La discografia qui comprende 107 album, da «Dizzy Gillespie and His All-Stars» (1947) a «istina (Live Belgrade '74)» (2025). Tra i riconoscimenti: Grammy Award alla carriera (1989), National Medal of Arts (1989) e New Jersey Hall of Fame (2014).

John Birks Gillespie, detto Dizzy (Cheraw, 21 ottobre 1917 – Englewood, 6 gennaio 1993), è stato un trombettista, pianista e compositore statunitense. Jazzista, fu anche cantante, percussionista e bandleader. Con Charlie Parker fu, negli anni quaranta, uno degli inventori e delle figure chiave del bebop e del jazz moderno.

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Discografia

Album in studio e dal vivo

Dizzy Gillespie and His All-Stars 1947 · Musicraft Dizzy Gillespie Plays & Johnny Richards Conducts 1950 · Discovery Records Dizzy Gillespie 1952 · Dee Gee Dizzy Gillespie / Charley Christian 1941 (Minton's Playhouse & Monroe's Uptown, New York City) 1952 · Live · Esoteric Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 2 1952 · Dee Gee Dizzy, Volume 2 1952 · Atlantic Dizzy, Volume I 1952 · Atlantic Dizzy Gillespie Plays in Paris 1953 · Vogue Productions Dizzy Over Paris 1953 · Royal Roost Dizzy in Paris 1953 · Contemporary Horn of Plenty 1953 · Blue Note Blow That Horn! Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 1 1954 · Festival Records Diz and Getz 1955 · Norgran Records Dizzy and Strings 1955 · Blue Star Jazz Recital 1955 · Norgran Records Roy & Diz 1955 · Blue Star Jazz Creations of Dizzy Gillespie 1956 · American Recording Society The Champ 1956 · Savoy Records World Statesman 1956 · Norgran Records Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith 1957 · Verve Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band Jazz 1957 · American Recording Society Dizzy at Home and Abroad 1957 · Atlantic Dizzy in Greece 1957 · Verve School Days 1957 · Regent Records The Dizzy Gillespie Story 1957 · Savoy Records Duets 1958 · Verve Have Trumpet, Will Excite! 1959 · Verve Sonny Side Up 1959 · Verve Gillespiana 1960 · Verve Perceptions 1961 · Verve Dizzy Gillespie & The Double Six of Paris 1963 · Philips New Wave 1963 · Philips Dizzy Goes Hollywood 1964 · Philips Jambo Caribe 1964 · Limelight Soul Mates 1966 · VSP The Melody Lingers On 1966 · Limelight It's My Way 1969 · Solid State Records Soul & Salvation 1969 · Tribute Records Cornucopia 1970 · Solid State Records Portrait of Jenny 1970 · Perception Records The Real Thing 1970 · Perception Records Giants 1971 · Perception Records The Giant 1975 · Prestige Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods 1976 · Pablo Bahiana 1976 · Pablo Free Ride 1977 · Pablo The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big Four 1980 · Pablo The Source 1981 · Jazz Man Live 1982 · Book-of-the-Month Records Jazz At The Philharmonic - The Challenges 1954 1983 · Verve
Gillespie & Sandoval 1985 · Live
Gillespie En Vivo 1985 · Live
New Faces 1985 · GRP Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet 1987 · Timeless Records Endlessly 1988 Oop-Pop-A-Da 1988 · Duke Street Records Shaw 'Nuff 1988 · Musicraft The Symphony Sessions: August 25th, 1989 1989 · ProJazz Dizzy's Big 4 1990 · Pablo The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner 1990 · Original Jazz Classics Rhythmstick 1991 · Mesa/Bluemoon Recordings The Bop Fathers, Volume 2 1991 · Live · Jazz View A Jazz Hour With Dizzy Gillespie 1992 · Distribution Movieplay Dizzy Gilespie With Gil Fuller, The Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra 1992 · Blue Note
Jazz Tribune Nr 2 Dizzy Gillespie (1946-1949) CD1 1992
Jazz Tribune Nr 2 Dizzy Gillespie (1946-1949) CD2 1992
Body and Soul 1993 · Live · PILZ Dizzy Gillespie And The Mitchell-Ruff Duo 1993 · Legacy Con Alma 1994 · Jazz World Groovin' High 1994 · Drive Archive Hot House 1994 · Retro Music Lady Be Good 1994 · 4 Star Records
Dizzy Gillespie In Paris, Volume 1 1995
The Bop Session 1995 · Gazell Records AB Manteca 1996 · Jazz Portraits Bird Songs 1997 · Telarc Jazz The Roots of Jazz/ Dizzy Gillespie 1997 · Retro Music Closer to the Source 1998 · Atlantic Something Old, Something New 1998 · Verve Swings 1999 · Memo Music Cool Breeze 2000 · Past Perfect Silver Line Good Bait 2000 · Past Perfect Silver Line Jazz Studies: The Best of the Perception Years 2001 · Castle Pie Sweet Stuff 2001 · Greatest Jazz Concerts I Grandi Del Jazz - Dizzie Gillespie - Ultimate Dizzy Gillespie 2002 · RCS Quotidiani S.p.A. BD Music Presents: Dizzy Gillespie 2003 · Nocturne The Discovery of Jazz: Dizzy Gillespie 2004 · Centurion Jazz Sittin' In 2005 · Verve
The best of Dizzy Gillespie 2005
The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner 2006
The Verve & Philips Small Group Sessions 2006 · Verve Reissues I Love Paris 2008 · Wnts Live in Paris & Copenhagen 1974 2008 · RLR Records Diggin' Dizz 2009 · Le Chant du Monde Featuring Charlie Parker 2009 · Grammercy Records When Be-Bop Was King 2010 · Smith & Co No Brasil com Trio Mocotó 2011 · Biscoito Fino Night In Tunisia 2017 · Bella Musica The Essential Dizzy Gillespie 2017 · Legacy For Musicians Only - The Complete Sessions: Live & Studio 2019 · Musica Jazz Live At Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA. September 17th 1982, KJAZ‐FM Broadcast (Remastered) 2019
The Giants of Jazz (Live Paris ’72) 2023 · Live
Manteca 2024 · Hindsight Records The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie 2024 · Verve Records, Inc.
istina (Live Belgrade '74) 2025 · Live
Sound of Jazz
The Great Modern Jazz Trumpet · Disques Festival

Suona anche in

Album in cui Dizzy Gillespie compare come sideman

1951 Modern Jazz Trumpets — Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham trumpet
1951 Red Norvo's Fabulous Jam Session — Red Norvo, Flip Phillips, Teddy Wilson, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Slam Stewart trumpet, vocals
1952 Bird and Diz — Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie trumpet
1956 The Charlie Parker Story — Charlie Parker piano, trumpet
1956 Krupa and Rich — Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich trumpet
1957 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book — Ella Fitzgerald trumpet
1957 For Musicians Only — Stan Getz / Dizzy Gillespie / Sonny Stitt trumpet
1958 Sittin' In — Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Paul Gonsalves, Wynton Kelly, J.C. Heard, Wendell Marshall trumpet
1961 A Musical Safari - Live at the 1961 Monterey Jazz Festival — Dizzy Gillespie Quintet Featuring Lalo Schifrin spoken vocals, trumpet
1962 Once There Was Bird — Charlie Parker trumpet
1966 Alto Blue — Johnny Hodges trumpet
1968 Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon — Pepper Adams, Chick Corea, Richard Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Elvin Jones, Mel Lewis & Ray Nance trumpet
1972 The Giants of Jazz — Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Al McKibbon, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt, Kai Winding trumpet
1975 November Girl — Carmen McRae, The Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band snare drum
1979 The Gifted Ones — Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie trumpet
1982 The Alternate Blues — Clark Terry • Freddie Hubbard • Dizzy Gillespie plus Oscar Peterson trumpet
1983 To a Finland Station — Arturo Sandoval & Dizzy Gillespie mouth harp, trumpet, producer
1985 Vocalese — The Manhattan Transfer trumpet
1987 Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie — Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie trumpet
1988 Show Time — Arnett Cobb / Dizzy Gillespie / Jewel Brown trumpet
1989 Back on the Block — Quincy Jones instruments, performer, trumpet
1989 Montreux '77: Oscar Peterson Jam — Oscar Peterson trumpet
1989 In the Mood for Swing — Benny Carter trumpet
1989 Sweet and Lovely — James Moody trumpet, vocals
1989 Live Sessions at Minton's Playhouse — Charlie Christian trumpet
1990 Small Combos 1937-1940 — Lionel Hampton trumpet
1990 Max + Dizzy - Paris 1989 — Max Roach & Dizzy Gillespie trumpet, spoken vocals
1990 The Trumpet Kings at Montreux — Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie & Clark Terry trumpet
1991 Hornucopia — Jon Faddis trumpet, mouth harp
1992 Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Inc. — Benny Carter & Dizzy Gillespie trumpet

Standard scritti da Dizzy Gillespie

TitoloTonalitàFormaGroove
A Night In Tunisia Re minore AABA · 48 latin
Con Alma Do maggiore AABA · 32 afro-cubano 6/8
Groovin' High Mi♭ maggiore AA · 32 swing veloce
Tin Tin Deo Fa minore ABBCB · 40 latin
Manteca Si♭ maggiore AABA · 40 latin
Salt Peanuts Si♭ maggiore AABA · 32 swing veloce
Birk's Works Fa minore A · 12 swing veloce
Woody'n You Re♭ maggiore AABA · 32 swing veloce
Be-Bop Fa minore AABA · 32 swing veloce
Tour De Force La♭ maggiore AABA · 32 swing medio

Assoli analizzati di Dizzy Gillespie

Ha studiato con

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Premi

Dischi storici a 78 giri

  • MILLION DOLLAR BABY Dizzy Gillespie · Johnny Richards · Rose · Dixon · Warren archive.org ↗
  • Chris N' Dizz Dizzy Gillespie · D. Gillespie archive.org ↗
  • DIGGIN' FOR DIZ DIZZY GILLESPIE JAZZ MEN · Dizzy Gillespie · Lucky Thompson · Milt… archive.org ↗
  • DYNAMO A DON BYAS BE-BOPPERS · Don Byas · Peanuts Holland · Billy Taylor · J… archive.org ↗
  • WHAT THE MATTER NOW DIZZY GILLESPIE'S ALL STARS · Dizzy Gillespie · Charlie Parker ·… archive.org ↗
  • Disorder at the Border Coleman Hawkins & Orchestra · Coleman Hawkins · Don Byas · Bud… · 1944 archive.org ↗
  • Bu-Dee-Daht Coleman Hawkins & Orchestra · Coleman Hawkins · Bud Johnson · John… · 1944 archive.org ↗
  • I STAY IN THE MOOD FOR YOU BILLY ECKSTEIN · DELUXE ALL STAR BAND · "Dizzy" Gillespie · Al… · 1944 archive.org ↗

Domande frequenti

Che strumento suonava Dizzy Gillespie?

Dizzy Gillespie è noto per tromba, scacciapensieri e voce.

Quando e dove è nato Dizzy Gillespie?

Dizzy Gillespie è nato 21 ottobre 1917 a Cheraw.

Quali sono gli album più noti di Dizzy Gillespie?

Nel nostro archivio ci sono, tra gli altri, Dizzy Gillespie and His All-Stars (1947), Dizzy Gillespie Plays & Johnny Richards Conducts (1950), Dizzy Gillespie (1952), Dizzy Gillespie / Charley Christian 1941 (Minton's Playhouse & Monroe's Uptown, New York City) (1952) e Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 2 (1952).

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