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Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 21 October 1917
- Died
- 6 January 1993
- Place of birth
- Cheraw
- Place of death
- Englewood
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Gillespie
- Genre
- jazz, bebop, Afro-Cuban jazz
- Occupation
- pianist, composer, trumpeter, bandleader, conductor, jazz musician, singer, recording artist, musician
- Citizenship
- United States
- Religion
- Baháʼí Faith
- Awards
- National Medal of Arts, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Paul Acket Award, Kennedy Center Honors, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, NEA Jazz Masters, New Jersey Hall of Fame
- birth name
- John Birks Gillespie
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- described by source
- Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians
- discography
- Dizzy Gillespie discography
- educated at
- Laurinburg Institute
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- influenced by
- Charlie Shavers, Louis Armstrong
- instrument
- trumpet, voice, Jew's harp
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- name in native language
- Dizzy Gillespie
- nickname
- Dizzy
- place of burial
- Flushing Cemetery
- record label
- Pablo, RCA Records, Savoy Records, Verve Records, Capitol Records, Dee Gee Records
- start of work period
- 1935
- student of
- Charlie Shavers, Mario Bauzá Cárdenas, Mary Lou Williams
- topic's main category
- Category:Dizzy Gillespie
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