Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993)

Soundtrack | Actor | Music Department

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, along with Charlie Parker, ushered in the era of Be-Bop in the ...

Born: October 21, 1917
Died: January 6, 1993 (age 75)

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Filmography

Known For

The Talented Mr. Ripley Soundtrack (1999)
On the Road Soundtrack (2012)
The Cable Guy Soundtrack (1996)
Known For

Two Lovers Soundtrack (2008)
Soundtrack

Fargo (2020)
24/7 College Football (2019)
Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
Ibiza: The Silent Movie (2019)
The Man in the High Castle (2018)
Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017)
Godard Mon Amour (2017)
American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017)
I Called Him Morgan (2016)
Tubby Hayes: A Man in a Hurry (2015)
Our Brand Is Crisis (2015)
Sasha I Love You (2014)
Small Time (2014)
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
On the Road (2012)
Beware of Mr. Baker (2012)
W.E. (2011)
L.A. Noire (2011)
Chico & Rita (2010)
So You Think You Can Dance (2010)
Howl (2010)
More Than a Game (2008)
Two Lovers (2008)
Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
So You Think You Can Dance Australia (2008)
Paris (2008)
The War (2007)
The West Wing (2006)
Peter Cincotti: Live in New York (2005)
Independent Lens (2005)
Ray (2004)
American Splendor (2003)
Boycott (2001)
Burnt Money (2000)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
The Woman Chaser (1999)
Fifty (1999)
Digging to China (1997)
The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997)
Dream with the Fishes (1997)
The Cable Guy (1996)
Fallen Angels (1995)
Baseball (1994)
Bara du & jag (1994)
When Pigs Fly (1993)
Mac (1992)
Let's Get Lost (1988)
The Big Score (1983)
A Family Circus Easter (1982)
Sven Klang's Combo (1976)
The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1976)
Shindig! (1965)
NDR Jazz Workshops (1959-1962)
Timex All-Star Jazz Show (1959)
Youthful Sinners (1958)
The Subject Is Jazz (1958)
Stage Entrance (1952)
Coqueta (1949)
Soundtrack

Jivin' in Be-Bop (1946)
Actor

Tribeca Watch Sargeant (1993)
El invierno en Lisboa Bill Swann (1991)
Amazonia (1990)
Didn't We Ramble On Narrator (1989)
The Cosmic Eye The Musicians / Father Time (1986)
The Cosby Show Mr. Hampton (1984)
A Family Circus Easter Easter Bunny (1982)
Voyage to Next Father Time (1974)
Jazz Is Our Religion (1972)
New Orleans Jazz Festival 1969 (1969)
The Hat The First Border Guard (1964)
The Cool World (1963)
Actor

The Hole (1962)
Archive footage

Ronnie's (2020)
The Black Godfather (2019)
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things (2019)
Michel Legrand: Let the Music Play (2018)
Quincy (2018)
American Epic (2017)
Eppendorf's Cavern - The Legendary Onkel Pö (2016)
Jazz 625 at the BBC (2014)
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words (2014)
Howard Goodall's Story of Music (2013)
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America (2012)
Beware of Mr. Baker (2012)
The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim (2012)
Io sono Tony Scott, ovvero come l'Italia fece fuori il più grande clarinettista del jazz (2010)
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2009)
Double Take (2009)
Pupil of the Eye (2007)
Tete Montoliu, una mirada (2007)
Jazz Giants of the 20th Century (2007)
Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe (2006)
E! True Hollywood Story (2006)
Mamy Scopitone - L'âge d'or du clip (2005)
Billy Eckstine Sings and Dizzy Gillespie Swings (2004)
Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photography of Milt Hinton (2003)
Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002)
The Miles Davis Story (2001)
Jazz (2001)
Playboy: The Party Continues (2000)
I'll Make Me a World (1999)
The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation (1999)
Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years (1998)
A Celebration of America's Music (1998)
The Fifties (1997)
My Universe Inside Out (1996)
Great Performances (1994)
American Masters (1993)
Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (1993)
60 Minutes (1993)
Smoothie (1992)
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (1992)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1992)
What Happened to Kerouac? (1986)
Archive footage

Arena (1985)
The Last of the Blue Devils (1979)
Music Department

Carry Tiger To Mountain (2019)
Jazz Dispute (2006)
Fifty (1999)
Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella (1995)
El invierno en Lisboa (1991)
Amazonia (1990)
Hello (1984)
Everybody Rides the Carousel (1976)
Voyage to Next (1974)
A Small Rebellion (1966)
Music Department

Youthful Sinners (1958)
Murder with Music (1941)
Composer

El invierno en Lisboa (1991)
Voyage to Next (1974)
It Don't Mean a Thing (1967)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966)
The Hat (1964)
Date with Dizzy (1958)
Composer

Number 4: Manteca (1947)

Awards

5 wins & 15 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

He joined the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1957.

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