Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie was born in

• 1917

• 1925

• 1930

• 1898

Dizzy was fired from Cab Calloway's band for:

• showing up late to rehearsal

• not playing the notes on the page

• eating Cheetos

• blowing a spitball at the conductor

At the beginning of Dizzy's career, most jazz music was

• dinner music

• for dancing

• for marching

• classical symphonies

Dizzy's trumpet bell pointed

• downwards

• upwards

• to the right

• to the left

Dizzy Gillespie collaborated to create a type of jazz music from this country:

• Russia

• Australia

• Algeria

• Cuba

In 1963-1964, Dizzy ran for

• Governor of South Carolina

• Mayor of Chicago

• President of the USA

• Attorney General of the USA

Dizzy is credited with creating modern jazz, along with this other jazz performer:

• Charlie Parker

• Duke Ellington

• Ella Fitzgerald

• his wife Lorraine

Dizzy's hero, Roy Eldridge, played the

• saxophone

• piano

• guitar

• trumpet

Which of the following is NOT a tune by Dizzy Gillespie?

• Manteca

• Take the A Train

• Salt Peanuts

• A Night in Tunisia

The physical characteristic you are most likely to remember about Dizzy is his

• crazy glasses he wore

• large ears

• cheeks

• 6-pack