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A brief history of Dizzy Gillespie

By aaitken
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    The Life of Dizzy Gillespie

  • Born, Cheraw Sth Carolina

    Born, Cheraw Sth Carolina

  • Begins playing the piano

  • Hears Roy Eldridge play trumpet

    Hears Roy Eldridge play trumpet

    Starts to play trumpet and trombone

  • Won scholarship to Laurinberg Institute

  • Joined Earl Hines' Big Band In Chicago

  • Records 'Salt Peanuts' with pioneering drummer Kenny Clarke

    Records 'Salt Peanuts' with pioneering drummer Kenny Clarke

  • Teams up with Charlie 'Bird' Parker

    Teams up with Charlie 'Bird' Parker

    Altering the course of Jazz music

  • Chano Pozo joins band and introduces 'Afro-Cuban' to the world

  • Plays Newport Jazz Fastival

  • Inducte into 'Downbeat' Hall of Fame

  • First Jazz musician to be appointed to undertake a cultural mission

  • Performs at the White House for the President

    Performs at the White House for the President

  • Dizzy Gillespie dies of pancreatic cancer

    He was 75 years of age

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