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Dizzy Gillespie was born in South Carolina on Oct. 21,1917. Dizzy was the youngest of nine children. When he was 10 his father passed away. He started to teach himself how to play the trombone and trumpet at a very young age of 12. In 1932 he went to Lourinburg Institute in North Carolina, because they needed a trumpet player for their band. Milt Hilton, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, and Kenny Clarke helped him to get started into a Jazz band. Together they played modern Jazz Quartet. Later on John Coltrane was added to their band. He also visited Philadelphia to play some of his music. Dizzy Gillespie wrote some music like: Dizzy Atmosphere, Oop Bop Sha Bam, I can't get started,and Manteca. Dizzy later died on Jan. 6, 1993, in Englewood, New Jersey. He will always be remembered because of his great songs and music. He was nicknamed Dizzy, but his real name was John Gillespie. Jazz book provided pbskids.org/jazz.com
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