“I was blessed that I got married early and had a good wife. That sort of kept me straight. Probably I would have been like Charlie Parker, you know, involved in drugs or alcohol or something like that if I hadn't had this stability.”
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Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie, born on October 21, 1917, and died on January 6, 1993, was an outstanding jazz band leader. His musical career was full of innovation, profoundly influencing the development of jazz. more
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