Music of Dizzy Gillespie lives on, five years after his death.(Entertainment)(Brief Article)

From: Jet | Date: May 11, 1998 | Copyright information

It's been five years since jazz great Dizzy Gillespie died. But the music of the famed trumpeter whose bulging cheeks were once dubbed by scientists as "Gillespie's Pouches" lives on.

Music fans and jazz historians can not discuss jazz without mentioning the name Gillespie, whose career spanned six decades.

He helped create bebop music about 50 years ago, and the unique jazz sound is still popular today. His recordings remain top-sellers in jazz circles thr...

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