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Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993)

Author of To Be or Not to Bop: Memoirs of Dizzy Gillespie (A Da Capo paperback)

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To Be or Not to Bop: Memoirs of Dizzy Gillespie (A Da Capo paperback) 40 copies
A Night in Tunisia [sound recording] 3 copies
Sonny Side Up 3 copies
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings: 1937-1949 2 copies
Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945 [sound recording] 2 copies
Digital At Montreux, 1980 1 copy
An Electrifying Evening With the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 1 copy
Getting’ Dizzy 1 copy
The Sonny Rollins/Sonny Stitt Sessions 1 copy
Diz and Roy [sound recording] 1 copy
Dizzy Gillespie 1948-1953 1 copy
To Be or Not to Bop: Dizzpy Gillespie Autobiography 1 copy
The Verve & Philips Small Group Sessions 1 copy
Two Bass Hit b/w Stay On It 1 copy

The Dizzy Gillespie Story [sound recording] 1 copy

Composer's Concepts 1 copy

Dizzy Gillespie - Jazz Masters 1 copy

The Bop Session 1 copy

CDs with tracks 1 copy

Shaw Nuff 1 copy

Dee Gee Days: Savoy Sessions 1 copy

Those Dizzy Days 1 copy

The Verve/Philips Dizzy Gillespie Small Group Sessions 1 copy

Dizzy Gillespie 20 golden greats 1 copy

Career: 1937-1992 1 copy

Vol. 9 - Dizzy Gillespie: Jazz Play Along Series (Jazz Play Along) 1 copy

Diz and Getz (CD) 1 copy, 1 review

Carnegie Hall concert 1 copy

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Gillespie, John Birks

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1917-10-21

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1993-01-06

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American Academy of Arts and Letters (Music ∙ 1993)

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National Medal of Arts (1989)

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Polar Music Prize (1993)

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