This biography of Dizzy Gillespie combines the jazz legend’s own story with the testimonies of those who knew him. From his days in South Carolina through his later years as a venerated elder statesman, his role in the development of bebop, his time as a bandleader, and his involvement in the Afro-Cuban music movement are discussed. Al Fraser interviews contemporaries of Gillespie’s including Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, and Thelonious Monk, and Gillespie himself examines his relationships with other jazz heavyweights such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker. This is the self-portrait of a man who gave himself over completely to his work and who approached life with a persistent and irreverent sense of humor, as well as a history of African American music during an incendiary time.

Esta biograf�a de Dizzy Gillespie conjuga el relato de la leyenda del jazz con los testimonios de quienes lo conocieron. Desde su infancia en Carolina del Sur hasta sus a�os de venerable pontificado, se relatan su papel en el desarrollo del bebop, su tiempo como l�der de banda y su participaci�n en el movimiento de la m�sica afrocubana. Al Fraser entrevista a muchos colegas de Gillespie, incluyendo Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald y Thelonious Monk, y el mismo Gillespie examina sus relaciones con algunas eminencias del oficio como Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington y Charlie Parker. �ste es el autorretrato de un hombre completamente dado a su obra y que contempl� la vida con un sentido de humor pertinaz e irreverente, as� como una historia de la m�sica negra estadounidense durante una �poca incendiaria.

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Dizzy Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, composer, and one of the key figures in the development of bebop and modern jazz. Al Fraser is a former professor of African American studies at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania who has written numerous articles on jazz. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina.

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