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Washington Post, 01-07-93 (Dizzy Gillespie, d. Englewood, NJ, 01-06-93)
New Grove dict. of jazz (Gillespie, Dizzy (John Birks); b. Oct. 21, 1917, Cheraw, SC; trumpeter, composer, and bandleader)
Jazz at the Philharmonic, 1946? label (John Birks, trumpet)
Gaillard, S. Santa Monica jump [SR] 194- label (John Berks, trumpet)
American National Biography Online, accessed January 30, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database (Gillespie, Dizzy; trumpeter, bandleader, composer / arranger, jazz musician; born 21 October 1917 in Cheraw, South Carolina, United States; joined Cab Calloway's band (1939-1941); composed and arranged on Calloway's recordings, including Bye Bye Blues, and Boo-Wah Boo-Wah (1940); music director for Billy Eckstine's big band, arranging Good Jelly Blues (1944); seminal bebop recordings with saxophonist Charlie Parker (1945-1946); formed big band with Gil Fuller, and pianist John Lewis (1948); recordings of note are the album Diz and Getz andAfro(1953-1957); formed the Giants of Jazz (1971-1972); founded the United Nation Orchestra (1988); honors include, plaque President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1956); the National Medal of Arts; French Commandeur des Arts et Lettres; the Kennedy Center Honor; died 06 January 1993 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States)
Local system number:
(AuCNL)170910
000000125515
abv00167126
Cataloguing source:
DLC eng rda DLC DLC PPi-MA DLC PaPiCLS TxU-Mu UPB CSt-HC DHU-MS HU