NEA Jazz Masters: John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, Trumpeter, Composer, Arranger, Bandleader


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1982 NEA Jazz Master

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie

Born Oct. 21, 1917 in Cheraw, SC
Died Jan. 6, 1993
Trumpeter, Composer, Arranger, Bandleader

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