Dizzy Gillespie
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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but ad
Gillespie in 1946
Gillespie in a publicity photo (c. 1955)
Gillespie (left) with John Lewis, Cecil Payne, Miles Davis, and Ray Brown, between 1946 and 1948
Gillespie performing in 1959
Kenny Clarke
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Kenneth Clarke Spearman, known professionally as Kenny Clarke and nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use o
Clarke in 1971
Clarke (center) in Europe with Hans Rossbach (left) and Bud Powell (right)