Seven for Saturday - 7 Dizzy Gillespie Videos
August 21, 2010 at 5:30 AM "Seven for Saturday" is a great way to see some of the legendary men and women of jazz in action.
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer.
Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. He taught and influenced many other musicians, including trumpeters Miles Davis, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Lee Morgan, Jon Faddis and Chuck Mangione.
“Dizzy Gillespie's contributions to jazz were huge. Arguably considered by both crtics and fans alike, Gillespie is remembered as one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time. Gillespie was such a complex player that his contemporaries ended up copying Miles Davis and Fats Navarro instead, and it was not until Jon Faddis's emergence in the 1970s that Dizzy's style was successfully recreated."
