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Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50033872

Variants

Berks, John, 1917-1993
Birks, John, 1917-1993
Gillespie, John Birks, 1917-1993
Gillespie, John, 1917-1993

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n50033872

Identifies RWO

Birth Date
Death Date
Has Affiliation
Birth Place
Field of Activity
Jazz

Occupation
Jazz musicians
Trumpet players
Composers
Band directors

Related Terms

Additional Related Forms

Dizzy Gillespie Octet

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++50033872#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Dizzy Gillespie Label from public data source Wikidata
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993

Sources

found: The Washington post, Jan. 7, 1993(Dizzy Gillespie; d. Jan. 6, 1993 in Englewood, N.J.)

found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Gillespie, Dizzy; John Birks Gillespie; b. Oct. 21, 1917 in Cheraw, S.C.; trumpeter, composer, bandleader)

found: Jazz at the Philharmonic, 1946?:label (John Birks; trumpet)

found: Gaillard, S. Santa Monica jump [SR] 194-:label (John Berks; trumpet)

found: American national biography online via Oxford African American Studies Center database, viewed Jan. 30, 2015(Gillespie, Dizzy; b. Oct. 21, 1917 in Cheraw, S.C.; d. Jan. 6, 1993 in Englewood, N.J.; jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, arranger; performed with Cab Calloway's band (1939-1941), Billy Eckstine's big band; formed a big band with Gil Fuller and John Lewis (1948); founded the Giants of Jazz (1971-1972) and the United Nation Orchestra (1988))

LC Classification

ML419.G54

Instance Of

Scheme Membership(s)

Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

Change Notes

1980-07-01: new
2024-07-25: revised

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