Charismic Productions Records of Dizzy Gillespie

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Charismic Productions Records of Dizzy Gillespie

1941-2006; bulk 1987-1993

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep845912e18-7dc1-4340-81f5-68770d687b08

Collection documents the career of noted American jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie, through a donation from his former manager, Charles Fishman.

20 Cubic feet ( 31 boxes, 2 map folders)

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11662424

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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Fishman, Charles

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Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993

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Dizzy Gillespie (born John Birks Gillespie, October 21, 1917, Cheraw, South Carolina - January 6, 1993 Englewood, New Jersey) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer. He joined his first professional band in 1935. In the 1940s Gillespie became a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz....