The godfather of bebop John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie would be 103 if he was still alive today. His influence on what we know jazz to be has been massive: He wound up influencing Miles Davis, Jon Faddis, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Lee Morgan, Chuck Mangione and a list of others, who pushed the bebop sound and approach in radically new directions.
Happy birthday, Diz, whenever you are.
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