Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

male, deceased (1993)
Bebop trumpeter, harmony, Improviser, musician, Jazz trumpeter, modern jazz…Afro-Cuban jazz trumpeter, Afro-Cuban jazz composer, Vocal jazz musician, Latin jazz composer, Afro-Cuban jazz bandleader
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21 1917 - January 6 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in...
Xavier Cugat

Xavier Cugat

male, deceased (1990)
Latin jazz violinist, Latinjazzbandleader, death from cardiovascular disease, Afro-Cuban jazz violinist, Afro-Cuban jazz bandleader, Latin jazz musician…latin music, Bandleader
Francesc d'Asís Xavier Cugat Mingall de Bru i Deulofeu was a Catalan-Cuban bandleader whom many consider to have had more to do with the infusion o...