Dizzy Gillespie
King Of Bop
Early Life
- Born in Cheraw, South Carolina, on October 21, 1917, full name John Birks Gillespie
- Dad died when Dizzy was 10, and his family went poor
- At age 12 Gillespie started play trumpet
- Gillespie got in trouble at school, but than his teacher Mrs. Alice Wilson encouraged him to be better, and he did
Influences
- Dizzy was fascinated by the way instruments looked and sounded
- he looked up to many people like his first grade teacher Mrs. Alice
- he began trumpet when he was 12 years old
- he got very influenced by his parents
Time Period
- He Lived in 1917-1993 (73 years)
- Lived during the great depression
- the great depression was a time lots of people lost there jobs and there money
- He also lived in the 1940 through many wars
Their Music
- His sung jazz music
- Started around 1930
- made a jazz called bebop ( a style of jazz music)
- Also did swing
- American trumpet player, composer, and band leader
- songs include "Blue'n Boogie", "birks works", "Salt Peanuts", and "Groovin High"
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Interesting Facts
- Fusing Latin music to jazz
- Piano studies at home and brass studies in elementary school
- Trumpet ability's brought him a scholarship to North Carolinas Laurinburg Technical Institute
- In 1953 someone accidentally bent the bell on Gillespie's trumpet