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Dizzy: King of "The Street"


By Bill Gottlieb

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, King of the Street was known for his wild antics onstage. When he was hired by Teddy Hill early in his career he played every rehearsal dressed in hat, gloves and overcoat. Teddy gave him the name "Dizzy" but was quick to add that with all his eccentricities and practical jokes, he was the most stable of us all...Diz crazy? Diz was crazy like a fox." Dizzy later went on to become the colorful yet dependable leader of the bop movement in the late ‘40s.

Dizzy was a joy to photograph. Normally, when taking a picture, I don’t move my subjects but show them "as they really are." However, in 1947, when Dizzy was working on 52nd Street in New York City and "The Street" was the center of the jazz world, I asked him to stand in front of an appropriate street sign. Without any further direction from me, he struck just the right pose. Perfect!




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