Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator, and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz.

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Who was born first?

• Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk were born the same year
• Dizzy Gillespie and Merle Travis were born the same year
• Dizzy Gillespie and Farid al-Atrash were born the same year
• Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald were born the same year
• Dizzy Gillespie and Rufus Thomas were born the same year

Timeline

1. Dizzy Gillespie (this page)October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993
2. Ella FitzgeraldApril 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996
3. Farid al-AtrashOctober 19, 1917 – December 26, 1974
4. Merle TravisNovember 29, 1917 – October 1983
5. Rufus ThomasMarch 26, 1917 – December 15, 2001
6. Thelonious MonkOctober 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982

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