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Also Known As John Birks Gillespie
Born October 21, 1917 • South Carolina
Died January 6, 1993 (aged 75) • Englewood • New Jersey
Awards And Honors Grammy Award (1991) • Kennedy Center Honors (1990) • Grammy Award (1975)
Movement / Style bebop • big-band jazz

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