Gillespie, John Birks
Born: 1917 AD
Died: 1993 AD, at 76 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Aviators, Musicians, Poets
Died: 1993 AD, at 76 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Aviators, Musicians, Poets
US bandleader, composer, jazz musician, and trumpeter
developer of bebop
Page last updated: 1:20pm, 25th Jul '06
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