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.

Dizzy Gillespie est un film de 1964. Réalisé par Les Blank. Distribution principale : Dizzy Gillespie. Durée : 22 minutes. Sa note moyenne est de 7,0 sur 10, sur la base de 6 votes.