Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (/ɡɪˈlɛspi/; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer.

Casted

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Played Self - Musician (archive footage)

Average Rating

7.2

92 votes

Release Date

Aug 23, 2019

6 years ago
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

7.6

54 votes

Release Date

Sep 11, 2024

1 year ago
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

7.5

25 votes

Release Date

Apr 23, 2021

5 years ago
The Hole

Played (voice)

Average Rating

5.8

25 votes

Release Date

Nov 08, 1962

64 years ago
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

6.9

10 votes

Release Date

Sep 09, 2020

5 years ago
A Great Day in Harlem

Played Self

Average Rating

6.2

9 votes

Release Date

Sep 27, 1994

31 years ago
Voyage to Next

Played Father Time (voice)

Average Rating

4.6

7 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 1974

52 years ago
The Music According to Tom Jobim

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

7.0

7 votes

Release Date

May 20, 2012

14 years ago
Dizzy Gillespie

Played Self

Average Rating

6.6

5 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1964

63 years ago
The Cosmic Eye

Played The Musicians

Average Rating

5.8

5 votes

Release Date

Jun 06, 1986

40 years ago
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

4.4

5 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1992

34 years ago
Date with Dizzy

Played Self

Average Rating

4.0

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1958

69 years ago
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

6.8

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 09, 2022

4 years ago
The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

7.3

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 1979

47 years ago
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

9.0

3 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 2018

7 years ago
Jazz: The Only Way of Life

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

8.3

3 votes

Release Date

Dec 18, 2019

6 years ago
Jivin' in Bebop

Played Self

Average Rating

5.3

3 votes

Release Date

Jan 02, 1946

81 years ago
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong

Played Self

Average Rating

8.5

2 votes

Release Date

Jun 01, 2008

18 years ago
El invierno en Lisboa

Played Bill Swann

Average Rating

2.0

2 votes

Release Date

Apr 12, 1991

35 years ago
The Jazz Ambassadors

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

May 04, 2018

8 years ago
The Harlem Renaissance

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2004

22 years ago
A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba

Played Self - Trumpet

Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 19, 1989

37 years ago
A Family Circus Easter

Played Easter Bunny (voice)

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Aug 19, 1982

44 years ago
Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal

Played Self

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 28, 2002

24 years ago
Brownie Speaks

Played Self

Average Rating

10.0

1 votes

Release Date

Aug 26, 2014

11 years ago
Amazonia

Played (voice)

Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 24, 1990

36 years ago
Maurice Baquet, The Accorded

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

10.0

1 votes

Release Date

Dec 02, 2023

2 years ago
Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1989

37 years ago
The Beginnings of Bebop

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 19, 1981

45 years ago
The Hat

Played The First Border Guard (voice)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 21, 1964

62 years ago
Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970

Played Self - trompettiste

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 18, 2022

4 years ago
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 02, 2009

17 years ago
Slim Gaillard's Civilisation

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 22, 1989

36 years ago
Cool

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes
Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 26, 2006

19 years ago
Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 20, 1966

60 years ago
Improvisation

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2004

22 years ago
All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 28, 2011

14 years ago
Música para Sempre

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 29, 1980

46 years ago
Didn't We Ramble On

Played Narrator

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1989

37 years ago
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1995

31 years ago
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 17, 1986

40 years ago
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1985

41 years ago
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 16, 1998

27 years ago
Dizzy's Dream Band

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1982

44 years ago
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jun 16, 1967

59 years ago
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 24, 2014

12 years ago
To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1990

36 years ago
Dizzy Gillespie Quartet - Berliner Jazztage 1974

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 02, 1974

52 years ago
Jazz Is Our Religion

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1972

55 years ago
Look at Life: Jazz All the Way

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1963

64 years ago

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