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Dizzy Gillespie

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Profession
Composer
Died
Jan 6, 1993
Zodiac
Libra
Born in
Cheraw SC
About
Considered one of the greatest jazz trumpeters in history. He was instrumental in the evolution of bebop and modern jazz.
Family
His father James was a bandleader in the Cheraw, South Carolina area. He married Lorraine Willis on May 9, 1940, and they would remain together until his death. He had a daughter named Jeanie Bryson.

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