Dizzy Gillespie
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Updated: 17 Feb 2022
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Dizzy Gillespie was born in South
Carolina in October 1917 and was
one of the 9 children of James
Gillespie and Lottie Gillespie which
were his parentsIn 1935 Dizzy Gillespie Left school
because he was moving with his
family who moved to Philadelphia,
then Dizzy Gillespie made a recording
when he was age 20, he was playing
the trumpet in the Teddy Hill Band
which he toured in Great Britain
and FranceIn 1956 Dizzy went on a band
to the State Department tour
to Middle East, Africa. and Asia
and that earned him the name
of ambassador of Jazz which then
let him go to the Jazz Hall of FameGillespie kept on touring in the 1970Periods
Dizzy Gillespie's career
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