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· American · 1917–1993

Dizzy Gillespie

American trumpeter and composer who performed with Hazel Scott and belonged to her transatlantic jazz circle.

Details

Lived
1917–1993
Born
1917
Died
1993
Nationality
American
Roles
MusicianComposer

People Dizzy Gillespie Knew

Relationships with other people, with sources for each connection.

Illustrated portrait of Hazel Scott

Hazel Scott

  • Pianist
  • Singer
  • Actor

Met

Gillespie was Scott's friend for decades and played a muted-trumpet serenade at her hospital bedside as she died.

— Hazel Scott: The Gorgeous Face of Jazz at the Mid-Century

Illustrated portrait of Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams

  • Pianist
  • Composer

Mentored by

While Williams was playing at Café Society in the 1940s, the younger bebop musicians came to her Harlem apartment at four in the morning to work through ideas, Dizzy Gillespie among them. She wrote In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee for him. He returned the favour in 1957, talking her out of a three-year retirement and putting her on stage with his band at the Newport Jazz Festival.

— Mary Lou Williams

Connections and Sources

Dizzy Gillespie’s connections to people, places, and works, with the sources behind each one.

Met

Hazel Scott

Gillespie was Scott's friend for decades and played a muted-trumpet serenade at her hospital bedside as she died.

— Hazel Scott: The Gorgeous Face of Jazz at the Mid-Century

Mentored by

Mary Lou Williams

While Williams was playing at Café Society in the 1940s, the younger bebop musicians came to her Harlem apartment at four in the morning to work through ideas, Dizzy Gillespie among them. She wrote In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee for him. He returned the favour in 1957, talking her out of a three-year retirement and putting her on stage with his band at the Newport Jazz Festival.

— Mary Lou Williams