Search - Artist/Band: Dizzy Gillespie

Artist Info

  • Name: Dizzy Gillespie
  • Birthday: 10/21/1917
  • Birth Place: Cheraw, SC
  • Died: 01/06/1993
  • Decades Active: 1930,1940,1950,1960,1970,1980,1990
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Styles: Afro-Cuban Jazz, Bop, Vocal Jazz, Big Band
  • Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Boisterous, Carefree, Cheerful, Complex, Confident, Earthy, Elegant, Energetic, Exuberant, Freewheeling, Fun, Joyous, Laid-Back/Mellow, Passionate, Playful, Rousing, Sophisticated, Earnest, Rambunctious, Stately, Street-Smart, Stylish

Albums

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Title Release
  • Latino: Anthology 1947-1957
    		• 07/04/2008
  • It Don't Mean a Thing [Silver Star]
    		• 06/30/2008
  • Groovin High: Guild Musicraft
    		• 06/02/2008
  • It Don't Mean a Thing [ZYX]
    		• 2008
  • Dizzy Atmosphere [Rajon]
    		• 04/16/2007
  • Groovin' High [Collectables]
    		• 03/27/2007
  • Dizzy Gillespie & Strings
    		• 01/29/2007
  • A Night in Tunisia [Cube Bohemia]
    		• 01/02/2007
  • Dizzy Gillespie [B.D. Jazz]
    		• 12/20/2006
  • A Night in Tunisia: The Very Best of Dizzy Gillespie WA
    		• 08/01/2006
  • Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4
    		• 07/31/2006
  • Dizzy Digs Paris
    		• 07/03/2006
  • 100 ans de Jazz
    		• 06/22/2006
  • 1953-1954
    		• 06/20/2006
  • Exactly Like You
    		• 06/19/2006
  • Round About Midnight
    		• 06/13/2006
  • Kusch
    		• 05/23/2006
  • Dizzy Gillespie [Membran]
    		• 03/27/2006
  • Algo Bueno
    		• 12/05/2005
  • Groovin' High [Living Era]
    		• 11/22/2005
  • The Best of Dizzy Gillespie: Small Groups
    		• 10/25/2005
  • A Night in Tunisia [Jazz Door]
    		• 09/2005
  • 1953 WA
    		• 08/23/2005
  • Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945
    		• 06/21/2005
  • Gettin' Dizzy: The High Flying Dizzy Gillespie
    		• 06/07/2005
  • Career: 1937-1992
    		• 04/26/2005
  • Dizzy: The Music of John Birks Gillespie
    		• 03/22/2005
  • Jazz Biography
    		• 03/22/2005
  • Complete Trumpet Kings Battle: Studio Sessions
    		• 01/25/2005
  • Night and Day
    		• 01/18/2005
  • NEA Jazz Masters
    		• 2005
  • Dizzy Gillespie [Platinum]
    		• 09/28/2004
  • Salt Peanuts
    		• 09/14/2004
  • Early Years: 1937-1951
    		• 07/06/2004
  • 1952-1953 WA
    		• 05/18/2004
  • BD Jazz
    		• 05/11/2004
  • Anthology [2004]
    		• 03/30/2004
  • Dizzy Gillespie [2004]
    		• 03/30/2004
  • The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952-1953
    		• 02/23/2004
  • 1952
    		• 11/18/2003
  • 1951-1952
    		• 04/22/2003
  • Jazz in Paris: Dizzy Gillespie and His Operatic Strings Orchestra
    		• 02/04/2003
  • Impromptu
    		• 12/04/2002
  • Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee
    		• 12/02/2002
  • Cool Breeze
    		• 11/25/2002
  • Gillespiana Suite
    		• 11/25/2002
  • Continental
    		• 11/19/2002
  • Cognac Blues
    		• 10/28/2002
  • The Best of Odyssey 1945-1952
    		• 10/08/2002
  • Be-Bop
    		• 10/07/2002
  • Manteca [Jazz Hour]
    		• 09/24/2002
  • Night to Remember
    		• 08/20/2002
  • Jazz in Paris: Cognac Blues
    		• 07/16/2002
  • Timeless Dizzy Gillespie
    		• 07/16/2002
  • Professor Bebop
    		• 07/09/2002
  • Bebop Professor
    		• 05/21/2002
  • Odyssey: 1945-1952 WA
    		• 05/21/2002
  • Great Moments
    		• 03/26/2002
  • Groovin' High [Naxos]
    		• 03/19/2002
  • It Don't Mean a Thing [Prestige Elite]
    		• 03/08/2002
  • 1949-1950 WA
    		• 08/07/2001
  • Jazz Casual [Koch]
    		• 07/31/2001
  • Manteca
    		• 05/21/2001
  • Matrix
    		• 04/24/2001
  • Groovin' With Diz & Co.
    		• 04/17/2001
  • Groovin' High [Japan]
    		• 04/10/2001
  • Jazz After Hours
    		• 04/03/2001
  • Jazz in Paris: The Giant
    		• 04/01/2001
  • The Dizzy Gillespie Story/Dizzy in Paris
    		• 02/27/2001
  • Jazz Collection: Dizzy Gillespie
    		• 01/01/2001
  • Dizzier and Dizzier the Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939
    		• 2001
  • Groovin' High the Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939-1950
    		• 2001
  • Ool-Ya-Koo the Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939-1950
    		• 2001
  • Things to Come the Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939-1950
    		• 2001
  • Ken Burns Jazz
    		• 11/07/2000
  • Absolutely the Best
    		• 10/31/2000
  • Jazz Duos
    		• 07/06/2000
  • Dizzy Atmosphere [Direct Source]
    		• 07/03/2000
  • 1947-1949 WA
    		• 05/13/2000
  • A Dizzy Retrospective
    		• 05/09/2000
  • The Rhythm Man
    		• 05/02/2000
  • Groovin' High [Prism]
    		• 04/25/2000
  • Small Groups
    		• 04/25/2000
  • Groovin' High [Jazz Hour]
    		• 03/01/2000
  • 1946-1948
    		• 01/11/2000
  • Introduction: His Best Recordings: 1937-1947
    		• 01/11/2000
  • Les Incontournables
    		• 01/04/2000
  • Groovin' High [Drive 1999]
    		• 11/16/1999
  • 1946-1947 WA
    		• 11/09/1999
  • Essential Masters of Jazz
    		• 10/19/1999
  • Blue Moon
    		• 09/14/1999
  • Soul Time
    		• 06/01/1999
  • 1946-1947, Vol. 9
    		• 03/23/1999
  • Dizzy & Sarah
    		• 1999
  • Dizzy Gillespie Story [TKO]
    		• 1999
  • 1946-1949
    		• 11/24/1998
  • Sings & Plays: 1951-1954
    		• 11/24/1998
  • Small Groups 1945-1950: Night in Tunisia
    		• 11/24/1998
  • Jazz from Paris/Dizzy and Strings
    		• 08/25/1998
  • Le Jazz de A A Z
    		• 08/25/1998
  • Planet Jazz
    		• 08/25/1998
  • Ultimate Dizzy Gillespie
    		• 08/25/1998
  • Triple Play
    		• 08/18/1998
  • 1965
    		• 07/14/1998
  • Gold Collection
    		• 06/30/1998
  • 1945-1946, Vol. 6
    		• 02/18/1998
  • 1946, Vol. 7-8
    		• 01/28/1998
  • Dizzy Atmosphere [Drive Archive]
    		• 11/04/1997
  • Dizzy for President
    		• 10/07/1997
  • Complete Dial Masters: Modern Jazz Trumpets
    		• 08/26/1997
  • Dizzy Gillespie: Members Edition
    		• 08/20/1997
  • 1945-1946
    		• 08/19/1997
  • 1940-1946
    		• 04/22/1997
  • Be Bop
    		• 03/25/1997
  • Groovin' High [Indigo]
    		• 1997
  • Night and Day [Collector's Edition]
    		• 12/17/1996
  • 1945
    		• 11/19/1996
  • Jazz After Dark: Great Songs
    		• 11/19/1996
  • Things to Come [1996 Laserlight]
    		• 10/15/1996
  • Giants/Portrait of Jenny
    		• 09/24/1996
  • 1943-1944, Vol. 4
    		• 02/20/1996
  • Groovin' High [Eclipse]
    		• 01/01/1996
  • Greatest Hits
    		• 1996
  • 1940-1941, Vol. 2
    		• 12/14/1995
  • 1941-1942, Vol. 3
    		• 12/14/1995
  • Diz Meets Stitt
    		• 12/13/1995
  • Swing Love
    		• 09/19/1995
  • Birk's Works: Verve Big Band Sessions WA
    		• 08/22/1995
  • Professor Bop
    		• 08/15/1995
  • Hot House
    		• 07/14/1995
  • No More Blues
    		• 04/25/1995
  • Groovin' with Diz
    		• 04/16/1995
  • Fiesta Mojo
    		• 1995
  • Dizzy Gillespie [RCA Germany]
    		• 09/05/1994
  • All the Things You Are
    		• 07/26/1994
  • Con Alma
    		• 07/26/1994
  • Strangers in Paradise
    		• 07/11/1994
  • Groovin' High [Drive 1994]
    		• 06/21/1994
  • Lady Be Good
    		• 05/23/1994
  • Dizzy Gillespie (1946-1949)
    		• 05/16/1994
  • Verve Jazz Masters 10
    		• 04/19/1994
  • Big Bands
    		• 03/15/1994
  • Shaw Nuff WA
    		• 11/24/1993
  • Ruff Duo
    		• 08/17/1993
  • Body & Soul [Pilz]
    		• 1993
  • Memorial Album: Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo
    		• 1993
  • The Alternate Blues
    		• 10/27/1992
  • Bird Songs: The Final Recordings
    		• 01/23/1992
  • To Bird with Love: Live at the Blue Note
    		• 01/23/1992
  • The Best of Dizzy Gillespie [Pablo]
    		• 01/15/1992
  • Compact Jazz: Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
    		• 01/08/1992
  • Dizzy Gillespie with Gil Fuller & The Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra
    		• 1992
  • To Diz with Love: Diamond Jubilee Recordings
    		• 1992
  • Bebop and Beyond Plays Dizzy Gillespie
    		• 05/23/1991
  • Rhythmstick
    		• 03/1991
  • Dizzy Gillespie and Mitchell-Ruff
    		• 1991
  • Jazz Collector Edition
    		• 1991
  • Dizziest
    		• 10/17/1990
  • The Winter in Lisbon
    		• 08/1990
  • Dizzy Gillespie: The Sonny Lester Collection
    		• 1990
  • Symphony Sessions
    		• 08/26/1989
  • 'Round Midnight
    		• 12/14/1986
  • Dizzy Gillespie Meets the Phil Woods Quintet
    		• 12/1986
  • Closer to the Source
    		• 08/24/1984
  • New Faces WA
    		• 1984
  • To a Finland Station WA
    		• 09/09/1982
  • Endlessly
    		• 02/1981
  • 20 Golden Pieces of Dizzy Gillespie
    		• 1981
  • The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big Four
    		• 03/10/1980
  • Free Ride
    		• 01/31/1977
  • Dizzy's Party
    		• 09/15/1976
  • Bahiana
    		• 11/19/1975
  • Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods
    		• 06/04/1975
  • Dizzy's Big 4 [Pablo]
    		• 09/19/1974
  • Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner
    		• 09/19/1974
  • The Giant
    		• 04/1973
  • The Real Thing
    		• 02/1971
  • Blues People
    		• 1971
  • Portrait of Jenny
    		• 1970
  • Soul and Salvation
    		• 09/1969
  • Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
    		• 05/25/1967
  • Melody Lingers On
    		• 10/1966
  • With Gil Fuller and the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra
    		• 10/1965
  • Angel City