It’s taken me all my life to learn what not to play.
Dizzy Gillespie Quotes
When I first heard Charlie Parker, I said, ‘That’s how our music should be played.’... After we got it together, yeah, I knew we were making something new. It was magic. Nobody on the planet was playing like that but us.
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| Birth: | 21st October, 1917 |
| Death: | 6th January, 1993 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Composer, Singer |
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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and occasional singer. Allmusic's Scott Yanow wrote, "Dizzy Gillespie's contributions to jazz were huge.
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