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The Life of Dizzy Gillespie
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Born, Cheraw Sth Carolina
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Begins playing the piano
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Hears Roy Eldridge play trumpet
Starts to play trumpet and trombone -
Won scholarship to Laurinberg Institute
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Joined Earl Hines' Big Band In Chicago
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Records 'Salt Peanuts' with pioneering drummer Kenny Clarke
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Teams up with Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Altering the course of Jazz music -
Chano Pozo joins band and introduces 'Afro-Cuban' to the world
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Plays Newport Jazz Fastival
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Inducte into 'Downbeat' Hall of Fame
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First Jazz musician to be appointed to undertake a cultural mission
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Performs at the White House for the President
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Dizzy Gillespie dies of pancreatic cancer
He was 75 years of age
