In the collection
11 records
A Night At The “Village Vanguard”
Sonny Rollins, 1957
An Electrifying Evening With The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, 1961
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 2
Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, 1980
Los Grandes Del Jazz 16
Charlie Mingus / Thelonious Monk / Milton Jackson / John Coltrane, 1980
Europa Jazz
Dizzy Gillespie & Gerry Mulligan, 1981
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 35
Thelonious Monk, Phil Woods, Jimmy Cleveland, Max Roach, 1981
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 37
Kenny Clarke / Joe Harris / Sahib Shihab / Francy Boland / The Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Quintet, 1981
Los Grandes Del Jazz 22
Bill Coleman / Dizzy Gillespie / Sarah Vaughan / Red Allen, 1981
Bird & Diz
Charlie Parker And Dizzy Gillespie, 1983
Why Not!
Paquito D’Rivera, 1984
Selecciones Círculo De La Música Jazz
Various, 1991
Played with
Sonny Rollins
3 records together
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
3 records together
Sarah Vaughan
2 records together
Charles Mingus
2 records together
Thelonious Monk
2 records together
Milt Jackson
2 records together
Joe Harris
2 records together
Gerry Mulligan
2 records together
Charlie Parker
2 records together
Stan Getz
2 records together
Art Davis
2 records together
Paul Chambers
2 records together
About
American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer.
Born October 21, 1917, Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
Died January 6, 1993, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Together with he was the predominant figure in the development of bebop (bop), the earliest form of modern jazz. He taught and influenced many other musicians, including trumpeters , , , , , and .
He was also one of the founders of Afro-Cuban (or Latin) jazz, adding ‘s conga to his orchestra in 1947, and utilizing complex poly-rhythms early on.
Career Highlights:
Awarded New Star Award from Esquire Magazine
Performs at first integrated concert in public school, Cheraw, SC
First jazz musician appointed by US department of State to undertake cultural mission
Awarded Handel Medallion from the City of New York
Received Paul Robeson Award from Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies
Performs at White House for President Carter and the Shah of Iran
Performs “Salt Peanuts” with President Carter at White House Jazz Concert
Inducted into Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame
Received Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences
Received National Medal of Arts from President Bush
Received Duke Ellington Award from the society og Composers, Authors, and Publishers
Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Received Kennedy Center Honors Award
Received fourteen honorary degrees, including Ph.D. Rutgers University, Ph.D. Chicago Conservatory of Music
Awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording