Trumpeter John Birks Gillespie was born Oct. 21, 1917 in Cheraw, S.C. His family moved to Philadelphia when he was 14. It was there where he began picking up professional gigs. Early in his ...

Slide Hampton, longtime friend and associate of jazz legend John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, will be leading the moving tribute to this fallen hero at the Frost School of Music. Nine years after his ...

One of the first re-issues from the recently 60 year old, newly revived, Savoy label is a retrospective of the works of John Birks ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie that span the years from 1945 to 1952. During this ...

Dizzy Gillespie’s B-flat Trumpet, 1972 This week’s Smithsonian Snapshot celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month with American jazz legend John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie’s trumpet. In the 1940s, Gillespie, ...

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (/ɡɪˈlɛspi/; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer. Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and ...

ED, note: “Birks" is a nickname for Dizzy derived from his real name, John Birks Gillespie. Birks was his mother's maiden name. The album was recorded live from Ronny Scott's in London during the ...

The legendary jazz trumpeter John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie came to Spokane in May 1980 to play a gig at the Spokane Opera House (now the First Interstate Center for the Arts) with the Spokane ...

Most of his campaign had inside jokes for jazz enthusiasts and civil rights workers.Dizzy's supporters founded the "John Birks Society," which came from his first two names, but the real point was ...

The Jazz Houston Orchestra celebrates the music of John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie, the creator of Bebop, and that of those he influenced. The guest artist will be trumpeter Jon Faddis, who was ...

This week’s Smithsonian Snapshot celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month with American jazz legend John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie’s trumpet. In the 1940s, Gillespie, renowned for his harmonic complexity and ...