GETTIN' DIZZY :
The High-Flying Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (10/21/17 - 01/07/93) grew up in South Carolina, picked up the trumpet at age 15 and by the mid '30s and into the '40s honed his incredible skills with big bands like Lionel Hampton, Cab Calloway, Charlie Barnet, Duke Ellington, Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine. He then joined forces wih "the other half of my heartbeat," Charlie Parker. These two giant figures set a new course in jazz that remains as vital today as the day they created it.