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Gillespie, John Birks(Dizzy)

Born: 1917 AD
Died: 1993 AD, at 76 years of age.

Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Aviators, Musicians, Poets

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US bandleader, composer, jazz musician, and trumpeter

 

developer of bebop






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Page last updated: 1:20pm, 25th Jul '06

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