Composer Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

Living place: South Carolina

Birthday: 21-10-1917

Population of US 1917: 103,268,000

Global rank: #17868

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Who is Composer Dizzy Gillespie?
Considered one of the greatest jazz trumpeters in history. He was instrumental in the evolution of bebop and modern jazz.
He led a State Department envoy to the Middle East in 1956, the success of which led many to call him Jazz Ambassador.

Young / Before famous

His first professional performance was in 1935 with the Frank Fairfax Orchestra, followed by stints with the orchestras of Edgar Hayes, Teddy Hill, and Cab Calloway, the latter of whom fired him.

Family life info

His father James was an orchestra conductor in the Cheraw, South Carolina, area. He married Lorraine Willis on May 9, 1940, and they remained together until his death. He had a daughter named Jeanie Bryson.

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His style was so intricately harmonized that many of his contemporaries failed to replicate his technique successfully, with Jon Faddis being the first to master the Gillespie approach.

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When was Composer Dizzy Gillespie born?
Dizzy Gillespie was born in 21-10-1917, death year is , at the age of 107.
Where is Composer Dizzy Gillespie's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Dizzy Gillespie was born in South Carolina, . Là Composer, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Dizzy Gillespie's global rank is 17868 and whose rank is 57 in list of famous Composer. Population of US in 1917 is about 103,268,000 persons.
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Events in 1917 and 21-10

Events in US in the birth year of Dizzy Gillespie

  • U.S. declares war with Germany (Apr. 6). Background: World War I
  • "I Want You." James Montgomery Flagg's poster, featuring Uncle Sam and based on a 1914 British poster, attracts thousands of U.S. recruits to WWI duty.
  • Between ten thousand and fifteen thousand blacks silently walk down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence (July 28). Background: civil rights

Birthday Dizzy Gillespie (21-10) in history

  • Day 21-10 year 1797: The US Navy frigate "Old Ironsides" was launched in Boston Harbor.
  • Day 21-10 year 1805: Admiral Horatio Nelson died in the Battle of Trafalgar.
  • Day 21-10 year 1837: Seminole chief Osceola was captured as he carried a white flag of truce during the Second Seminole War.
  • Day 21-10 year 1879: Thomas Edison invented a workable incandescent electric lamp.
  • Day 21-10 year 1959: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of modern and contemporary art, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, opened to the public in New York City.
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