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Jazz Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie
Jazz Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie
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American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie is considered one of the founders of the style of jazz known as bebop. Gillespie transformed pop and jazz standards by altering chords, extending melody lines, and opening up compositions for more improvisation and experimentation. Gillespie also incorporated complex harmonies and Afro-Caribbean rhythms into his music. During the 1940s he recorded with acclaimed jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker and with Parker helped usher in the bebop movement in jazz.
Lovino/SAGA/Archive Photos/"Wee" (Denzil Best) from The Quintet: Jazz at Massey Hall (Cat.# OJCCD-044-2) (c) Music Sales Corp. ASCAP (p)1989 Fantasy, Inc. All rights reserved.
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