Music1939–1993
Dizzy Gillespie
Cheraw, South Carolina trumpeter and bebop co-founder whose bent horn and puffed cheeks became jazz iconography — his Latin jazz fusion work was equally influential.
Origin
Cheraw, South Carolina
Genre
Jazz
The Cultural Record
Discography
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A Jazz Hour With Dizzy Gillespie1992
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Gillespiana1960
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The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner1990
Bird and Diz1952
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The Source1981
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