Dizzy Gillespie (1964)

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.

Released

1964-01-01

Runtime

22 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Les Blank

TMDB rating

7.0/10 from 6 votes