Dizzy Gillespie, His Life.
On October 21,1917,John Birks Gillespie was born in Cheraw,South Carolina.He was the youngest of 14 childern.His father was a poor farmer and a skilled amateur musician.He played bass in his own band and owned all the instruments because most of the other players were so poor that they would sell the instruments for money to buy food if they had them.The town of Cheraw was primarily black town and was very poor.By the time John was 7,he was beginning to learn that noone would take care of him,and that the world was harsh.John looked back on his father as a disciplinarian,others just reguarded him as mean.He would come home and beat his children every week for"what they must've done while he wasgone".As a child,John became fascinated with misic and played trombone in his band.One day his neighbor got a trumpet for christmas.He begged to try it when it wasn't in use.When he was 17,he had earned enough money from his job that he could move 50 miles north and live in a school dorm while he got an eaducation.He missed his family,and was having a hard time.He had to be in a club similar to 4h to pay tuition.He hated it.He was anxious to leave the school and make a living on his own.When his sister got married,he heard
into the mainstream,and soon he was an international celebrity.But it was him.This habit has lead to one of the most infamous stories in jazz history. Since he was a child,his idol was a trumpet player named Roy Eldridge.John printer.One day the band was reading a chart and john couldn't read the someone fell on his trumpet,bending the bell upwards.He liked the was it later,Cab found out that Dizzy hadn't thrown the spitballs,and apologized. "player".He would often be seen after show kissing passionatley with a new stick.Dizzy was having a hard time in the Calloway band.Most of the jealous boyfriends.Because of this,he ALWAYS carried a knife with
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