Dizzy Gillespie

About Dizzy Gillespie

This is Les Blank’s earliest music film, focusing on the renown trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Sonny Rollins and others sparked the change from traditional Jazz to “Bebop” in mid-1940s America. The film includes rare images of Gillespie playing on his famous bent horn and talking about his beginnings, as well as his theories about music.

Dizzy Gillespie (1964) is a film directed by Les Blank.

Dizzy Gillespie plays Self. It runs 22 minutes and was released in January 1964.

American members can watch it on Criterion Channel, Qello Concerts by Stingray Amazon Channel, and Stingray Djazz Amazon Channel.

It carries a NR rating.