Dizzy Gillespie

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MOVIE
NR

Dizzy Gillespie

This is Les Blank’s earliest music film, focusing on the renown trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Sonny Rollins and others sparked the change from traditional Jazz to “Bebop” in mid-1940s America. The film includes rare images of Gillespie playing on his famous bent horn and talking about his beginnings, as well as his theories about music.

Release Date

1964-01-01

Year

1964

Duration

22m

Status

Released

Score

6.60

Cast

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie