Dizzy Gillespie
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (/ɡɪˈlɛspi/; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer. Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge[2] but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz. His combination of musicianship, showmanship, and wit made him a leading popularizer of the new music called bebop. His beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, his scat singing, hi...
Known For
Filmography
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Maurice Baquet, The Accorded
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970
2022
as Self - trompettiste
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Jazz Club 2
2022
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
Jazz: The Only Way of Life
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Brownie Speaks
2014
as Self
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
as Self (archive footage)
All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
2011
as Self
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
2009
as Self
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
2008
as Self
Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70
2006
as Self
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Improvisation
2004
as Self
Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal
2002
as Self
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
1998
as Self
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
1995
as Self
A Great Day in Harlem
1994
as Self
Movie Music Man: A Portrait of Lalo Schifrin
1993
as Self - Musician, Trumpet
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
1992
as Self (archive footage)
El invierno en Lisboa
1991
as Bill Swann
Amazonia
1990
as (voice)
To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life
1990
as Self
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990
as Self
Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
1989
as Self
Slim Gaillard's Civilisation
1989
as Self
A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba
1989
as Self - Trumpet
Didn't We Ramble On
1989
as Narrator
The Cosmic Eye
1986
as The Musicians
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
1986
as Self
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
1985
as Self
Olympic Gala
1984
The Cosby Show
1984
as Mr. Hampton
Bei Bio
1983
as Self
A Family Circus Easter
1982
as Easter Bunny (voice)
Dizzy's Dream Band
1982
as Self
The Beginnings of Bebop
1981
as Self
Música para Sempre
1980
as Self
The Last of the Blue Devils
1979
as Self (archive footage)
The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star
Voyage to Next
1974
as Father Time (voice)
Dizzy Gillespie Quartet @ Berliner Jazztage 1974
1974
as Self
Jazz Is Our Religion
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
1967
as Self
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith
1966
as Self
The Hat
1964
as The First Border Guard (voice)
Dizzy Gillespie
1964
as Self
Look at Life: Jazz All the Way
1963
as Self
The Hole
1962
as (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Jazz Casual
1961
as Self - Trumpet
Date with Dizzy
1956
as Self
Jivin' in Bebop
1946
as Self