{"id":3881106,"date":"2014-10-05T09:04:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T09:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/life.time.com\/?p=39578"},"modified":"2020-12-03T15:56:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T15:56:29","slug":"dizzy-gillespie-rare-and-classic-portraits-of-a-playful-genius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/arts-entertainment\/dizzy-gillespie-rare-and-classic-portraits-of-a-playful-genius\/","title":{"rendered":"LIFE With Dizzy Gillespie: Rare and Classic Portraits of a Playful Genius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Birks &#8220;Dizzy&#8221; Gillespie, who would have celebrated his 103rd birthday on Oct. 21, was the very model of the modern American musical genius: a brilliant instrumentalist and stylistic innovator, he was also an extroverted performer with a wicked sense of humor.<\/p>\n<p>One of the primary creators of bebop in the mid-1940s and an unparalleled trumpeter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts.gov\/honors\/jazz\/john-birks-dizzy-gillespie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dizzy<\/a> was a populist who wanted his music to be understood, appreciated and enjoyed. Audiences may have associated him with signature visual clues the beret and goatee he sported in the 1940s, and the trumpet with the upturned bell he began playing in the 1950s and adored his onstage clowning and dancing, but anyone with ears could tell how seriously he always took the music. An international star until his death on January 6, 1993 (the same day as Rudolph Nureyev), Gillespie was as fervently respected by fellow musicians, as he was beloved by generations of listeners.<\/p>\n<p>A spread by LIFE photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/photographer\/allan-grant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allan Grant<\/a> in our <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=dEoEAAAAMBAJ&amp;pg=PA138&amp;dq=dizzy&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjTpKvnk7LtAhVLmVkKHQEgAhwQ6AEwAnoECAIQAg#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 11, 1948 issue<\/a>, during bebop&#8217;s glory days. Conspicuous in his absence is Charlie Parker, the avatar of bebop, and the man whom Dizzy called &#8220;the other side of my heartbeat,&#8221; but Gillespie&#8217;s vivacious personality was far more palatable to the mainstream. To see this magnificent musician in his youth, ready to convince the world that the music he and his not-yet-understood peers were making was the sound of the future, is still a glorious thing to behold.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.time.com\/author\/stevefuttermantime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Steve Futterman<\/span><\/a> is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_39586\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=39586 desc=\"Dizzy Gillespie, 1948.\" caption=\"Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection\" title=\"Dizzy Gillespie, 1948\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2013\/10\/01_5587457.jpg\" alt=\"Dizzy Gillespie, 1948.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dizzy Gillespie, 1948<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3878196\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3878196 desc=\"Dizzy Gillespie greeting fellow musician Benny Carter, 1948.\" caption=\"Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection\" title=\"Dizzy Gillespie greeting fellow musician Benny Carter, 1948.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2013\/10\/03abc_grid-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dizzy Gillespie greeting fellow musician Benny Carter, 1948.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3878197\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3878197 desc=\"&lt;strong&gt;Not published in LIFE.&lt;\/strong&gt; Dizzy Gillespie, 1948.\" caption=\"Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection\" title=\"Dizzy Gillespie, 1948\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2013\/10\/04_19587357.jpg\" alt=\"Dizzy Gillespie, 1948.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dizzy Gillespie, 1948<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3878198\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3878198 desc=\"Dizzy Gillespie 1948\" caption=\"Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection\" title=\"Dizzy Gillespie 1948\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2013\/10\/05_693636.jpg\" alt=\"Dizzy Gillespie, 1948.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dizzy Gillespie 1948<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3878202\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3878202 desc=\"&lt;strong&gt;Not published in LIFE.&lt;\/strong&gt; Dizzy Gillespie and friends, including pianist Mel Powell, 1948.\" caption=\"Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection\" title=\"Dizzy Gillespie, 1948\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2013\/10\/06_19587182-1024x677.jpg\" alt=\"Dizzy Gillespie and friends, including pianist Mel Powell1948.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dizzy Gillespie, 1948<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3878203\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3878203 desc=\"&lt;strong&gt;Caption from LIFE.&lt;\/strong&gt; &quot;Dizzy Gillespie takes off on a frantic trumpet flight at jam session. Pianist Mel Powell races to keep up . . .&quot;\" caption=\"Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection\" title=\"Dizzy Gillespie. 1948\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2013\/10\/07_19587259-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Dizzy Gillespie, 1948.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dizzy Gillespie. 1948<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3878204\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3878204 desc=\"&lt;strong&gt;Not published in LIFE.&lt;\/strong&gt; Dizzy Gillespie and friends jam, 1948.\" caption=\"Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection\" title=\"Dizzy Gillespie, 1948\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2013\/10\/08_19587205-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dizzy Gillespie, 1948<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3878205\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3878205 desc=\"&lt;strong&gt;Caption from LIFE.&lt;\/strong&gt; &quot;Cackling crooner Mel (Velvet Fog) Torme happily bites on his finger while he and a model, June Bright, dig Dizzy Gillespie (reflected in mirror).&quot;\" caption=\"Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection\" title=\"Crooner Mel (Velvet Fog) Torme happily bites on his finger while he and a model, June Bright, watch Dizzy Gillespie (reflected in mirror), 1948\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2013\/10\/09_693635.jpg\" alt=\"Crooner Mel (Velvet Fog) Torme happily bites on his finger while he and a model, June Bright, dig Dizzy Gillespie (reflected in mirror).\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Crooner Mel (Velvet Fog) Torme happily bites on his finger while he and a model, June Bright, watch Dizzy Gillespie (reflected in mirror), 1948<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3878206\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3878206 desc=\"&lt;strong&gt;Caption from LIFE.&lt;\/strong&gt; &quot;Frenzied Drummer named Gonzales (but called Chano Pozo) whips beboppers into fever with Congo beat. Dizzy rates him world&#039;s best drummer.&quot;\" caption=\"Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection\" title=\"Drummer Chano Pozo, 1948\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2013\/10\/10_693634.jpg\" alt=\"Frenzied Drummer named Gonzales (but called Chano Pozo) whips beboppers into fever with Congo beat. Dizzy rates him world&#039;s best drummer.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Drummer Chano Pozo, 1948<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3878207\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3878207 desc=\"&lt;strong&gt;Caption from LIFE.&lt;\/strong&gt; &quot;Merry actress Ava Gardner, a bop fan, dons beret and specs and pretends to wear goatee at Billy Berg&#039;s Hollywood nightclub as Dizzy (left) grins.&quot;\" caption=\"Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection\" title=\"Actress Ava Gardner dons beret and specs and pretends to wear goatee at Billy Berg&#039;s Hollywood nightclub as Dizzy (left) grins.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2013\/10\/11_693645-1024x756.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Actress Ava Gardner dons beret and specs and pretends to wear goatee at Billy Berg&#8217;s Hollywood nightclub as Dizzy (left) grins.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3878208\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3878208 desc=\"&lt;strong&gt;Not published in LIFE.&lt;\/strong&gt; Dizzy Gillespie and friends, 1948.\" caption=\"Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection\" title=\"Dizzy Gillespie, 1948\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2013\/10\/12_693638.jpg\" alt=\"Dizzy Gillespie and friends, 1948.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dizzy Gillespie, 1948<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3878209\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3878209 desc=\"&lt;strong&gt;Not published in LIFE.&lt;\/strong&gt; Dizzy Gillespie, 1948.\" caption=\"Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection\" title=\"Dizzy Gillespie, 1948\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2013\/10\/13_693652.jpg\" alt=\"Dizzy Gillespie and friends, 1948.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dizzy Gillespie, 1948<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3878210\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3878210 desc=\"&lt;strong&gt;Not published in LIFE.&lt;\/strong&gt; Dizzy Gillespie and friends, 1948.\" caption=\"Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection\" title=\"Dizzy Gillespie, 1948\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2013\/10\/14_19586744.jpg\" alt=\"Dizzy Gillespie and friends, 1948.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dizzy Gillespie, 1948<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3878211\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3878211 desc=\"&lt;strong&gt;Caption from LIFE.&lt;\/strong&gt; &quot;Dizzy&#039;s fans sport painted goatees and berets.&quot;\" caption=\"Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection\" title=\"Dizzy Gillespie signing autographs, 1948\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2013\/10\/15_693650.jpg\" alt=\"Dizzy&#039;s fans sport painted goatees and berets.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dizzy Gillespie signing autographs, 1948<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3878212\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3878212 desc=\"&lt;strong&gt;Not published in LIFE.&lt;\/strong&gt; Dizzy Gillespie, 1948.\" caption=\"Allan Grant \/ The LIFE Picture Collection\" title=\"Dizzy Gillespie, 1948\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2013\/10\/16_19586916.jpg\" alt=\"Dizzy Gillespie, 1948.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dizzy Gillespie, 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