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
ideas giving life-is
The idea of life is to give and receive.
play knowing musician
The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play.
trouble mutual-respect mutual
Where there's no mutual respect, there's trouble!
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.
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.
two firsts revelations
There have been two great revelations in my life: The first was bepop, the second was homeopathy.
bird world stealing
You can't steal a gift. Bird [Charlie Parker] gave the world his music, and if you can hear it you can have it.
play essence trying
I try to play the bare essence, to let everything be just what it's supposed to be.
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.
writing thinking ideas
I think the idea is now for blacks to write about the history of our music. It's time for that, because whites have been doing it all the time. It's time for us to do it ourselves and tell it like it is.
music careers sound
I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds.