Dizzy Gillespie - Movie and Film Biography, Credits and Filmography

Aliases

John "Dizzy" Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie
John Birks Gillespie
John Gillespie

Genres

Music

Active

1930s - 1990s

Born

October 21, 1917 in Cheraw, SC

Died

January 6, 1993 in Englewood, NJ

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Title	Year	User Rating
Music According to Tom Jobim Participant	2011
Oscar Peterson: The Life of a Legend Performance	2010
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel Archival Appearance	2009
Jumpin' and Jivin', Vol. 1 Performance	2007
Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe Performance	2006
Music Classics, Vol. 4 Archival Appearance	2001
Les Freres Soeur Featured Music	2000
Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Mingus: Concert and Jam Sessions on Video Archival Appearance	1998
Dizzy Gillespie: The Dizzy Gillespie Ages Archival Appearance	1998
Roots of Rhythm, Vol. 1: Across the Ocean Archival Appearance	1997
Roots of Rhythm, Vol. 2: The Fiery Romance Archival Appearance	1997
Roots of Rhythm, Vol. 3: To the Top of the Charts Archival Appearance	1997
A Great Day in Harlem Interviewee	1995
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar Archival Appearance	1995
Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing Archival Appearance	1993
Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Chicago Performance	1993
Movie Music Man: A Portrait of Lalo Schifrin Performance	1993
Onirevome Tous Filous Mou Featured Music	1993
A Tribute to Alvin Ailey Featured Music	1992
Listen Up!: The Lives of Quincy Jones Participant	1991
Masters of American Music: The Story of Jazz Musical Performer, Participant	1991
Texas Tenor: The Illinois Jacquet Story Participant	1991
Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Tunisia Performance	1990
El Invierno en Lisboa Actor, Composer (Music Score)	1990
Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger Performance	1989
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs Performance	1989
Dizzy Gillespie: All Star Tribute Performance	1989
Dizzy Gillespie: Live in London Performance	1989
A Night in Havana: Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba Performance	1988
Sass & Brass: A Jazz Session Performance	1988
To Magiko Yiali Composer (Music Score)	1988
Bird Now: A Tribute to Jazz Legend Charlie Parker Archival Appearance	1987
Masters of American Music: Celebrating Bird - The Triumph of Charlie Parker Actor, Musical Performer	1987
The Cosmic Eye Actor, Composer (Music Score)	1986
Thelonious Monk: Music in Monk's Time Actor	1985
Trumpet Kings Performance	1985
The Cosby Show: Play It Again, Vanessa Actor	1984
A Family Circus Easter Voice	1982
Dizzy Gillespie Dream Band Jazz America Performance	1982
Dizzy's Dream Band Performance	1982
Dizzy Gillespie Performance	1981
Dizzy Gillespie's Dream Band Performance	1981
Dizzy Gillespie: Live in Montreal Performance	1981
Jazz in America: Dizzy Gillespie Performance	1981
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music: Jungle Music (Jazz) Archival Appearance	1976
The All-Star Jazz Show Performance	1976
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 Performance	1975
Voyage to Next Actor	1974
All-Star Swing Festival Performance	1972
Jazz Is Our Religion Voice	1972
Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Jazz Festival, London Performance	1966
Dizzy Gillespie: Live in London, England Performance	1965
The Hole Voice	1962
Jazz Casual: Dizzy Gillespie Performance	1961
Timex All-Star Jazz Show Performance	1958
Harlem Hotshots Performance	1953
Jivin' in Be-Bop Performance	1946
Swing Era: Dizzy Gillespie - Jivin' in Be-Bop Performance	1946
Norman Granz Presents: Improvisation - Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald and More Performance	1944
Things to Come: The Big Bands of Dizzy Gillespie and Billy Eckstine Performance		NOT YET RELEASED

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