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
music dance long
They're not particular whether you're playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.
two firsts revelations
There have been two great revelations in my life: The first was bepop, the second was homeopathy.
play essence trying
I try to play the bare essence, to let everything be just what it's supposed to be.
trouble mutual-respect mutual
Where there's no mutual respect, there's trouble!
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.
crazy men play
Learn to play the piano, man, and then you can figure out crazy solos of your own.
jazz classical-music
Jazz will be the classical music of the future.
gentleman jazz indifference
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your magnificent indifference.
growing-up want married-with-children
When I grow up I want to be just like Benny Carter!
want bops jazz
Bop is at the end of the road. Now everybody wants dance music.
important next trouble
Mutual respect is so important because as soon as it disappears in relations between you and the next person, there's trouble.
mean men rift
We loved one another, man. I mean all those stories about the rift ... there was no question of a rift between Charlie Parker and me.
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.