It’s taken me all my life to learn what not to play.
Dizzy Gillespie Quotes
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.
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Birth: | 21st October, 1917 |
Death: | 6th January, 1993 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Composer, Singer |
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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and occasional singer. Allmusic's Scott Yanow wrote, "Dizzy Gillespie's contributions to jazz were huge.
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