Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (pronounced /ɡɨˈlɛspi/; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".
Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. He taught and influenced many other musicians, including trumpeters Miles Davis, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Lee Morgan, Jon Faddis and Chuck Mangione.
Allmusic's Scott Yanow wrote that "Dizzy Gillespie's contributions to jazz were huge. One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time (some would say the best), Gillespie was such a complex player that his contemporaries ended up copying Miles Davis and Fats Navarro instead, and it was not until Jon Faddis's emergence in the 1970s that Dizzy's style was successfully recreated . . . Arguably Gillespie is remembered, by both critics and fans alike, as one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time.
In addition to featuring in the epochal moments in bebop, he was instrumental in founding Afro-Cuban jazz, the modern jazz version of what early-jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton referred to as the "Spanish Tinge". Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and gifted improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic complexity previously unknown in jazz. Dizzy's beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, his scat singing, his bent horn, pouched cheeks and his light-hearted personality were essential in popularizing bebop.
Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. He taught and influenced many other musicians, including trumpeters Miles Davis, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Lee Morgan, Jon Faddis and Chuck Mangione.
Allmusic's Scott Yanow wrote that "Dizzy Gillespie's contributions to jazz were huge. One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time (some would say the best), Gillespie was such a complex player that his contemporaries ended up copying Miles Davis and Fats Navarro instead, and it was not until Jon Faddis's emergence in the 1970s that Dizzy's style was successfully recreated . . . Arguably Gillespie is remembered, by both critics and fans alike, as one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time.
In addition to featuring in the epochal moments in bebop, he was instrumental in founding Afro-Cuban jazz, the modern jazz version of what early-jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton referred to as the "Spanish Tinge". Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and gifted improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic complexity previously unknown in jazz. Dizzy's beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, his scat singing, his bent horn, pouched cheeks and his light-hearted personality were essential in popularizing bebop.
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Total 95 sheet(s) found, listing between 60 - 80.
Song | Added By | Pages | Instruments | Sheet Type | File |
A night in Tunisia (horn 5et) |
mc_berna (8)
4846d ago
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5 | Piano, Drum, Trumpet, Saxophone, Horn | Original | |
A night tunesia |
jakobgabor (29)
4849d ago
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3 | Saxophone | Original | |
night in tunisia solo |
kepes1989 (1)
4850d ago
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4 | Trumpet | Original | |
A Night in Tunisia |
lio_nel (26)
4854d ago
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14 | Piano, Trumpet | Transcription | |
A night in Tunisia |
jsaxicaria (85)
4858d ago
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1 | Saxophone | Transcription | |
Things to Come |
jazztrombone123 (73)
4865d ago
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1 | Bass | Book | |
Manteca |
jazztrombone123 (73)
4865d ago
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1 | Bass | Book | |
Night In Tunisia |
zoso1985 (2)
4865d ago
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1 | Piano, Guitar, Trumpet | Transcription | |
Algo Bueno |
lazylew (3)
4866d ago
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1 | Trumpet | Other | |
A Night in Tunisia |
elsergi_o (3)
4871d ago
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1 | Piano | Original | |
A night in tunisa |
bstew91 (8)
4873d ago
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14 | Piano, Trumpet | Transcription | |
A Night in Tunisia |
Ynghston (1)
4880d ago
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1 | Piano | Other | |
10 Jazz themes transcribed |
malitopr (20)
4884d ago
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26 | Piano | Transcription | |
A night in Tunisia |
peaceout (1)
4886d ago
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4 | Trumpet | Original | |
I dont know why |
jazzman (26)
4898d ago
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1 | Piano, Guitar, Trumpet, Bass | Transcription | |
A Night In Tunisea |
chattaboxderek (28)
4898d ago
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1 | Piano, Guitar, Trumpet, Saxophone, Bass | Original | |
(A) Night In Tunisia |
regreg (1)
4908d ago
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2 | Piano, Trumpet, Bass | Transcription | |
A Night in Tunesia |
clivesj (1)
4949d ago
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11 | Piano, Vocal, Bass | Transcription | |
A night in Tunisia |
zinulee (1)
4962d ago
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1 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Original | |
(Big Band) A Night in Tunisia |
piano-man (1)
4992d ago
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33 | Piano, Drum, Guitar, Trumpet, Saxophone, Bass | Original |