Dizzy+Gillispie


 * __ Dizzy Gillispie __**
 * Early life of "Dizzy" **
 * He was born in Cheraw, South Carolina in 1917
 * Dizzy was the last born child out of 9 others
 * His family was poor as a child, and he grew up in poverty
 * He grew up around instruments his whole young life
 * His father died when he was 10
 * Dizzy started playing trumpet when he was 13 while over a friends house

__** Significant events **__
 * After graduating secondary school, he recieved a music scholarship to attend Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina
 * Joined the Cab Calloways band in 1939
 * Dizzy met his wife Lorraine in 1937. She was a chorus dancer at Apollo Theater, and they married in 1940

__** The Death of a Legend **__
 * Dizzy Gillispie died in 1993 in Englewood New Jersey

__** Styles of music **__ Primarily Dizzy played trumpet, but occasionally he did some scat singing
 * Afro-Cuban Jazz
 * Bop
 * Vocal Jazz
 * Trumpet Jazz

__** What is he known for? **__ Dizzy Gillispie is known for being a key founder of "afro-cuban" (or latin) Jazz. Also he is known for having a bent trumpet due to a dancer tripping over it at a show. Lastly, he is known for how complex his songs were and no one was able to take his music until 1976.

__** Famous songs **__
 * Groovin High
 * Manteca
 * A Night in Tunisia