Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespiewas an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth21 October 1917
CityCheraw, SC
CountryUnited States of America
american-musician care
I don't care too much about music. What I like is sounds.
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They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it.
american-musician example force ideas process reasons teach
I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.
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Miles got a mystique about him-plus he's at the top of his profession. And he's got way, way, way more money.
music guitar jazz
Kenny Burrell is the grand master of jazz guitar.
jazz classical-music
Jazz will be the classical music of the future.
play knowing musician
The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play.
music dance long
They're not particular whether you're playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.
music reason process
One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.
past feet musician
As a musician you have to keep one foot back in the past and have one foot forward into the future.
music taken play
It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.
music men serious
Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that.
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I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds.
backward influence layers
Ideas, ideas, backward and forward. His influence is layers and layers of spirit.