January 6, 1993 John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie, jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer, died. Gillespie was born October 21, 1917 in Cheraw, South Carolina. By the age of four, he had started to play the piano. He also taught himself to play the trombone and the trumpet. His first professional job was with the Frank […]
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John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie – January 6th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on January 6, 2014 in African American History, January, Music
Tags: composer, Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, January 6, Kennedy Center Honors, National Endowment for the Arts, National Medal of Arts, October 21, singer
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