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Dizzy Gillespie

1917–1993

United States

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Biography

Gillespie's virtuosic playing, distinctive bent trumpet and collaborations with Cuban percussionist Chano Pozo brought Afro-Cuban rhythms into jazz.

1945–1981

1925–2003

1938–1997