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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 improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge[2] but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz. His combination of musicianship, showmanship, and wit made him a leading popularizer of the new music called bebop. His beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, his scat singing, his bent horn, pouched cheeks and his light-hearted personality provided some of bebop's most prominen…
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- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Great Performances (1971) as Self
- The Cosby Show (1984) as Mr. Hampton
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- Le Grand Échiquier (1972) as Self
- The Muppet Show (1976) as Self - Special Guest Star
- Jazz Casual (1961) as Self - Trumpet
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Bei Bio (1983) as Self
- Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- The Hole (1962) as (voice)
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019) as Self - Musician (archive footage)
- Música para Sempre (1980) as Self
- Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith (1966) as Self
- Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Improvisation (2004) as Self
- Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (1992) as Self (archive footage)
- Jazz Club 2 (2022) Cast
- The Hat (1964) as The First Border Guard (voice)
- What's Happening as Self
- Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 (1998) as Self
- Cool as Self
- The Last of the Blue Devils (1979) as Self (archive footage)
- Charlie Parker: Bird Songs (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar (1995) as Self
- El invierno en Lisboa (1991) as Bill Swann
- The Harlem Renaissance (2004) as Self (archive footage)
- Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970 (2022) as Self - trompettiste
- A Great Day in Harlem (1994) as Self
- Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70 (2006) as Self
- Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990) as Self
- Date with Dizzy (1956) as Self
- Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985) (1985) as Self
- Amazonia (1990) as (voice)
- Maurice Baquet, The Accorded (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Voyage to Next (1974) as Father Time (voice)
- Duke Ellington: Love You Madly (1967) as Self
- Dizzy Gillespie (1964) as Self
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Most-watched Dizzy Gillespie films currently: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024), Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021), Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (2020), The Hole (1962), Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019).
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Selected TV credits: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), The Mike Douglas Show (1961), Great Performances (1971), The Cosby Show (1984), The Dick Cavett Show (1968).
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