Dizzy Gillespie 60 years old

This is Les Blank’s earliest music film, focusing on the renown trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Sonny Rollins and others sparked the change from traditional Jazz to “Bebop” in mid-1940s America. The film includes rare images of Gillespie playing on his famous bent horn and talking about his beginnings, as well as his theories about music.

Credits

Dizzy Gillespie Cast

Name	Character
Dizzy Gillespie He was 47, 75 years old when he died

Dizzy Gillespie Crew

Name	Department
Les Blank as Director. He was 29 (77) years old when He died	Directing