Dizzy Gillespie

Name: Dizzy Gillespie
Released: 1965
Duration: 22 min

English / 1965 / 22m

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Synopsis

Les Blank’s first music film captures legendary trumpet virtuoso Dizzy Gillespie playing his trademark bent horn and expounding on his ideas about music.

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DirectorLes Blank

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Dizzy Gillespieas Self

Double Feature

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