Dizzy Gillespie is perhaps the most important jazz musician of the twentieth century. There's not many people who can invent a completely new artistic genre.
But whether jazz aficionados agree with the ultimate accolade tossed to Dizzy - and many would pick one of Dizzy's friends and business partners and point out that all artistic endeavors are part of a continuum of development - you can learn a little about Mr. John Birks Gillespie if you just, just click here.