Dizzy Gillespie, American Jazz Artist(1917-1993)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: John Birks Gillespie
• Known as: Dizzy Gillespie
• Birth: October 21, 1917, Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
• Death: January 6, 1993, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
• Language: English
• Who he was: American jazz composer and performer who wrote "Groovin' High"; "Woody 'n' You"; "Salt Peanuts"; "A Night in Tunisia"; "Manteca"; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1989)

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