Nickname: Dizzy Gillespie
Nationality: African American (discovers direct link to African ancestry - 1959)
Religion: Baha-i (1968)
Occupation: Jazz trumpet player, composer, bandleader, singer
Date, Place of Birth: 10/21/1917 Cheraw, South Carolina
Date, Place of Death: 1/6/1993, Englewood, New Jersey
Career Highlights
· Awarded New Star Award from Esquire Magazine (1944)
· Performs at first integrated concert in public school, Cheraw, SC (1959)
· First jazz musician tappointed by US department of State to undertake cultural mission (1972)
· Awarded Handel Medallion from the City of New York (1972)
· Received Paul Robeson Award from Rtugers University Institute of Jazz Studies (1972)
· Performs at White House for President Carter and the SHah of Iran (1977)
· Performs "Salt Peanuts" with President Carter at White House Jazz Concert (1978)
· Inducted into Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame (1982)
· Received Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences 91989)
· Received National Medal of Arts from President Bush (1989)
· Received Duke Ellington Award from the society og COmposers, Authors, and Publishers (1989)
· Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 91989)
· Received Kennedy Center Honors Award (1990)
· Received fourteen honorary degrees, including Ph.D. Rutgers University (1972), Ph.D. Chicago Conservatory of Music (1978)
· Awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording
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