Dizzy Gillespie

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Overview

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: January 1, 1964
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Cast: Dizzy Gillespie
Director: Les Blank
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0059110