Dizzy Gillespie | Biography, Songs, & Facts

Dizzy Gillespie, American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader who was one of the seminal figures of the bebop movement. A noted composer, his songbook is a list of bebop’s greatest hits; ‘Salt Peanuts,’ ‘Woody ’n’ You,’ ‘Con Alma,’ ‘Groovin’ High,’ and ‘A Night in Tunisia’ all became jazz standards.
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