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
play jazz composition
I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition.
player special something-special
There are a lot of great players... a lot of great players around, but Louie Bellson is really something special.
country latin play
I know all the Latin-American rhythms quite well, but I don't play them exactly like they do in their own country - I add my personal touch.
crazy men play
Learn to play the piano, man, and then you can figure out crazy solos of your own.
play knowing musician
The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play.
sweet play style
Many critics always saw and heard that my style comes from Roy Eldridge, which is true. But for many things, not only how to play the trumpet but the way to choose the notes, how to play them and how to phrase all of them, I took that from Sweets [Edison]. He really brought something new to the trumpet.
play essence trying
I try to play the bare essence, to let everything be just what it's supposed to be.
music taken play
It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.
american-musician care
I don't care too much about music. What I like is sounds.
backward influence layers
Ideas, ideas, backward and forward. His influence is layers and layers of spirit.
american-musician particular whether
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.
music way jazz
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.