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Dizzy Gillespie was a real cool cat who must have been born with a horn in his hands. The trumpet was ... The story of “one real cool cat” begins with a South Carolina childhood full of blue notes. Poor, abused, and angry, young John Birks Gillespie has his life turned around after a teacher gives him a trumpet.
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Difficult childhood ... Fifty years after helping found a new style of revolutionary jazz that came to be known as bebop, Dizzy Gillespie's music is still a major contributing factor in the development of modern jazz...
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I just read Jonah Winter's book called "Dizzy" to my 5-year old son and was shocked to learn Dizzy's father was abusive to him as a child. Wanting to know more, I found the following passage written by Alyn Shipton: Mr. Gillespie'...
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Childhood of Dizzy Gillespie? How was Dizzy Gillespie childhood? How did dizzy gillespie get his name? Dizzy Gillespie play melody or rhythm? In what year was dizzy Gillespie famous? Why did dizzie gillespie play the trumpet?
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Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie ; By Alyn Shipton; Oxford University Press; Oxford ... Mr. Gillespie's origins certainly did not presage a life of peace. Born in Cheraw, South Carolina, on 21 October 1917, Mr. Gillespie had a rough childhood. His strict father - a bricklayer and Saturday night musician -
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...States in 1940–42. It was at this time that his childhood nickname “Yardbird” was shortened to “Bird.” His growing friendship with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie led Parker to develop his new music in avant-garde jam sessions in New York’s Harlem.
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dizzy gillespie . american jazz musician . b 1917 . d 1993 ... John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, one of the greatest Jazz trumpeters of 20th century and one of the prime architects of the bebop movement in jazz, was born in Cheraw, South Carolina and died in Englewood, New Jersey.
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Dizzy Gillespie Biography and Discography. ... Dizzy Gillespie was a featured and favorite performer at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York. To this date, he remains the only artist to be booked for an entire month at the club! The occasion was his 75th birthday and, sadly, he did not live to celebrate another.
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Dizzy Gillespie biography based on Alyn Shipton's book ... Dizzy Gillespie - biography ... The Life Of Dizzy Gillespie. OUP, 1999, 422 p. Get the paperback edition from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. Get sheet music by Dizzy Gillespie. Get CDs by Dizzy Gillespie in Switzerland from citydisc.
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