Dizzy Gillespie: References & Edit History
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Alyn Shipton, Groovin’ High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie (1999) is probably the most comprehensive and detailed Gillespie biography. Gillespie is also highlighted in Gene Lees, Waiting for Dizzy: Fourteen Jazz Portraits (2000) and You Can’t Steal a Gift: Dizzy, Clark, Milt and Nat (2001).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: AllMusic - Dizzy Gillespie. | Oct 01, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC Listen - Program: Jazz Legends: Dizzy Gillespie. | Dec 27, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - The Ambassadorial LPs of Dizzy Gillespie: World Statesman and Dizzy in Greece (PDF). | Sep 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Philadelphia Music Alliance - Walk of Fame - Dizzy Gillespie. | Jun 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Jazz Archive - Dizzy Gillespie. | Feb 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: UWM Libraries - Interview with Dizzy Gillespie, jazz musician. | Dec 12, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The MY HERO Project - Dizzy Gillespie. | Sep 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Black History in America - Dizzy Gillespie. | Jul 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Dizzy Gillespie. | Jun 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Idaho Library - International Jazz Collections - Biography of Dizzy Gillespie. | Apr 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Polar Music Prize - Dizzy Gillespie. | Feb 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: All About Jazz - Biography of Dizzy Gillespie. | Dec 29, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Dizzy Gillespie. | Sep 29, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveAbout - Profile of Dizzy Gillespie. | Aug 30, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 24, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Arts - Biography of John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie. | Oct 24, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackPast - Biography of Dizzy Gillespie. | Sep 24, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Dizzy Gillespie. | Sep 24, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: America's Story from America's Library - Biography of Dizzy Gillespie. | Feb 19, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Dizzy Gillespie. | Sep 10, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Kennedy Center - Biography of Dizzy Gillespie. | Sep 10, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Dizzy Gillespie. | Sep 10, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: All About Jazz - Biography of Dizzy Gillespie. | Sep 10, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - Dizzy Gillespie: From the Be to the Bop. | Sep 10, 2013 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 23, 2007 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Feb 23, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jan 12, 2000 |
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