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Dizzy : the life and times of John Birks Gillespie / Donald L. Maggin.

by Maggin, Donald L.

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New York: HarperEntertainment/HarperCollinsPublishers, c2005.

Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993.

Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.

viii, 422 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bathed in music.... -- Black and white in South Carolina.... -- Early days.... -- Becoming a musician.... -- Laurinburg.... -- Becoming dizzy.... -- Dizzy's swing inheritance.... -- Making it.... -- Seeds of rebellion.... -- Dizzy and Klook: the birth of bebop.... -- Bebop rhythm/bebop harmony.... -- New directions.... -- Enter bird.... -- Minton, Monk, and Monroe.... -- "Cab Calloway 'carved' by own trumpet man!!".... -- Jamming with bird.... -- The Hines band.... -- Dizzy leads the charge.... -- 1945-a great New York vintage .... -- L.A. Sojourn.... -- Controversy.... -- Big band success.... -- The afro-Cuban jazz revolution.... -- Big band failure.... -- The eclectic early fifties.... -- Teaming up with Norman, bidding bird good-bye.... -- Goodwill ambassador.... -- Small groups again.... -- Enter Lalo.... -- Film star/presidential candidate.... -- A new faith in difficult times.... -- Dangerous appetites.... -- Renewal in the seventies.... -- Summing up and looking forward.... -- A creative renaissance.... -- Finale.

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