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Creator:

Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993  Search this

Fishman, Charles  Search this

Extent:

20 Cubic feet ( 31 boxes, 2 map folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Awards

Business records

Clippings

Manuscripts

Financial records

Photographs

Music

Posters

Audiovisual materials

Date:

1941-2006

bulk 1987-1993

Summary:

Collection documents the career of noted American jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie, through a donation from his former manager, Charles Fishman.

Scope and Contents:

The collection primarily documents Charles Fishman's tenure as Gillespie's manager, 1985-1993, and is composed of business records. There is also a significant amount of personal material and photographs from the 1940s-1980s, much of which was saved by Mr. Fishman when Dizzy Gillespie wanted to throw these materials away or take them home.

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into eleven series.

Series 1, Personal Materials, 1988-1993, undated

Series 2, Correspondence, 1987-2002

Series 3, Business Files, 1979-2001, undated

Series 4, Contracts, 1987-1993

Series 5, Performance Programs, 1984-1997

Series 6, Awards and Honors, 1989-1991

Series 7, Music Manuscripts, undated

Series 8, Photographs, 1941-1993, undated

Subseries 8.1, Dizzy Gillespie, 1941-1993, undated

Subseries 8.2, Albums, 1988-1993

Subseries 8.3, Other Artists, undated

Subseries 8.4, Negatives, undated

Series 9, Newspaper Clippings and Magazine Articles, 1958-2000, undated

Series 10, Artwork and Posters, 1982-2006, undated

Subseries 10.1, Artwork, 1990-2004, undated

Subseries 10.2, Posters, 1982-2006, undated

Series 11, Audio Visual Materials, 1950-1992, undated

Subseries 11.1, Sound Recordings, 1989-1992, undated

Subseries 11.2, Moving Images, 1946-1992, undated

Biographical / Historical:

Born in South Carolina in 1917, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was a master jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. In the 1940s, he was one of the principal developers of both bebop and Afro-Cuban jazz. Through the multitudes of musicians with whom he played and who he encouraged; he was one of the most influential players in the history of jazz.

The youngest of nine children, Gillespie was exposed to music by his father, a part-time bandleader who kept all his band's instruments at home, where young Gillespie tried them out. At age twelve, he received a music scholarship to the Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina, where he played trumpet in the school band. In 1935, at age eighteen, he moved to Philadelphia and joined his first band, where his clownish onstage behavior and sense of humor earned him his nickname, "Dizzy." Thereafter, he was almost constantly joining and leaving, or forming and disbanding, bands of various size and style, as he set out to first hone his talent, then to develop his own creative innovations and to publish his recordings, and then to fulfill his lifelong desire to lead his own band. Along the way, he played with, collaborated with, encouraged, and influenced, all the major – and most of the minor – jazz musicians of his age, including Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Billy Eckstine, Cab Calloway, and John Coltrane.

In 1937, Gillespie moved to New York, where he joined Teddy Hill's band; with Hill he made his first overseas tour, to England and France. By 1939, he had joined Cab Calloway's band and had received his first exposure to Afro-Cuban music. In 1940, Gillespie met Charlie "Bird" Parker, Thelonious Monk, and Kenny Clarke and together they began developing a distinctive, more complex style of jazz that became known as bebop or bop. In the early 1940s, Gillespie made several recordings of this new sound. In 1945, he formed and led his own big band, which was quickly downsized into a quintet due to financial problems. He was able to reform the band the next year and keep it together for four years, but it was disbanded in 1950. During this time, he began to incorporate Latin and Cuban rhythms into his work. In 1953, a dancer accidentally fell on his trumpet and bent the bell. Gillespie decided he liked the altered tone and thereafter had his trumpets specially made that way.

In 1956, after leading several small groups, the United States State Department asked Gillespie to assemble a large band for an extensive cultural tour to Syria, Pakistan, Turkey, Greece, and Yugoslavia; a second tour, to South America, took place several months later. Although he kept the band together for two more years, the lack of government funding prevented him from keeping such a large group going and he returned to leading small ensembles. In 1964, displaying the humor for which he was well-known, Gillespie put himself forward as a candidate for President.

Gillespie continued to tour, perform, record, and to collaborate with a wide range of other musicians throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He continued to encourage new styles and new talents, such as Arturo Sandoval, whom he discovered during a 1977 visit to Cuba. In 1979, Gillespie published his autobiography, To Be or Not to Bop. In the late 1980s, he organized and led the United Nations Orchestra, a 15-piece ensemble that showcased the fusion of Latin and Caribbean influences with jazz. In these later years, although still performing, he began to slow down and enjoy the rewards of his extraordinary talent. He received several honorary degrees, was crowned a chief in Nigeria, was awarded the French Commandre d'Ordre des Artes et Lettres, won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and received both the Kennedy Center Medal of Arts and the ASCAP Duke Ellington Award for Fifty Years of Achievement as a composer, performer, and bandleader. Dizzy Gillespie passed away on January 6, 1993.

Related Materials:

Materials held in the Archives Center

John and Devra Hall Levy Collection NMAH.AC1221

Paquito Rivera NMAH.AC0891

James Moody Papers NMAH.AC1405

Chico O'Farrill Papers NMAH.AC0892

Boyd Raeburn Papers NMAH.AC1431

William Claxton Photographs NMAH.AC0695

Ray Brown Papers NMAH.AC1362

Earl Newman Collection of Monterey Jazz Festival Posters NMAH.AC1207

Graciela Papers NMAH.AC1425

Leonard Gaskin Papers NMAH.AC0900

Ella Fitzgerald NMAH.AC0584

Herman Leonard Photoprints NMAH.AC0445

Stephanie Myers Jazz Photographs NMAH.AC0887

John Gensel Collection of Duke Ellington Materials NMAH.AC0763

Duke Ellington Collection NMAH.AC0301

Benny Carter Collection NMAH.AC0757

Chuck Mangione NMAH.AC1151

Bill Holman Collection NMAH.AC0733

Duncan Schiedt Photograph Collection NMAH.AC1323

Fletcher and Horace Henderson Music and Photographs NMAH.AC0797

Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection NMAH.AC0491

W. Royal Stokes Collection of Music Publicity Photoprints, Interviews, and Posters NMAH.AC0766

William Russo Music and Personal Papers NMAH.AC0845

Pat and Chuck Bress Jazz Portrait Photographs NMAH.AC1219

Milt Gabler Papers NMAH.AC0849

Floyd Levin Reference Collection NMAH.AC.1222

Materials held in the Division of Culture and the Arts

Includes Dizzy Gillespie's iconic "bent" trumpet (1986.0003.01); sound recordings, a button, and a sculpture.

Materials held in the Smithsonian Institution Archives

National Museum of American History. Office of Public Affairs Accession 95-150

Smithsonian Press/Smithsonian Productions Accession 04-091

Smithsonian Associates. Resident Associate Program Accession 03-086

Smithsonian Resident Associate Program Accession 98-031

Smithsonian Productions Accession 06-181

Smithsonian Resident Associate Program. Office of Public Affairs Record Unit 632

National Museum of American History. Department of Public Programs Accession 17-312

National Museum of American History. Office of Special Events Record Unit 595

Smithsonian Institution. Division of Performing Arts Accession T90055

America's Smithsonian. (Traveling exhibition) Accession 98-142

Smithsonian Institution. Division of Performing Arts Accession 84-012

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications Record Unit 296

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications Record Unit 590

Materials held in the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Gertrude Abercrombie AAA.abergert

Materials at Other Organizations

Dizzy Gillespie Collection, circa 1987-2000, University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Charles Fishman, Dizzy Gillespie's manager, in 2007.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Jazz musicians -- United States  Search this

Trumpet players -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Awards

Business records -- 20th century

Clippings -- 20th century

Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century

Financial records -- 20th century

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 1940-2000

Music -- Manuscripts

Posters -- 20th century

Audiovisual materials

Citation:

Charismic Productions Records of Dizzy Gillespie, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0979

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Charismic Productions Records of Dizzy Gillespie

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep845912e18-7dc1-4340-81f5-68770d687b08

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0979

Creator:

Smithsonian Magazine  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

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audio/mpeg

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Smithsonian Magazine  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

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Smithsonian Magazine  Search this

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Sound recordings

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Creator:

Smithsonian Magazine  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

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MIME Type:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Magazine  Search this

Type:

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MIME Type:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Magazine  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

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MIME Type:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Magazine  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

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MIME Type:

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Creator:

Smithsonian Magazine  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Podcast

MIME Type:

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Uploaded:

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EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:podcasts_e96d4c177d8fdb7ed961188518b06d1a

Creator:

Gray, Cleve, 1918-2004  Search this

Subject:

Richter, Hans  Search this

Marin, John  Search this

Lipchitz, Jacques  Search this

Pollock, Jackson  Search this

Grace, Louise N.  Search this

Gray, Francine du Plessix  Search this

Duchamp, Marcel  Search this

Dillenberger, Jane  Search this

Gabo, Naum  Search this

Ernst, Jimmy  Search this

Davis, Jim  Search this

Calder, Alexander  Search this

Barzun, Jacques  Search this

Weber, Nicholas Fox  Search this

Smith, David  Search this

Villon, Jacques  Search this

Pratt Institute  Search this

Rhode Island School of Design  Search this

Neuberger Museum of Art  Search this

Jacques Seligmann & Co  Search this

Betty Parsons Gallery  Search this

Connecticut. Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film  Search this

Princeton University  Search this

Berry-Hill Galleries  Search this

Type:

Poems

Articles

Photographs

Reviews (documents)

Notes

Illustrations

Notebooks

Sketches

Drafts (documents)

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Interviews

Manuscripts

Paintings

Prints

Watercolors

Drawings

Lectures

Citation:

Cleve Gray papers, 1933-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States  Search this

Designers  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9567

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211768

AAA_collcode_grayclev

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211768

Interviewee:

Tomkins, Margaret, 1916-2002  Search this

Interviewer:

Guenther, Bruce  Search this

Subject:

Fitzgerald, James  Search this

Artists Gallery (Seattle, Wash.)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Margaret Tomkins, 1984 June 6. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Abstract expressionism  Search this

Artists -- Northwestern States -- Interviews  Search this

Art, Modern -- Northwestern States  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12308

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212455

AAA_collcode_tomkin84

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212455

Recording artist:

Firehouse Five Plus Two  Search this

Manufacturer:

Good Time Jazz  Search this

Physical Description:

shellac (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm

Object Name:

sound recording

Place made:

United States: California, Los Angeles

Recording date:

1949

General subject association:

Music  Search this

Related Publication:

Jazz Records 1942-1967, Vol. 4a: Ell - Goo

Credit Line:

Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain

ID Number:

1978.0670.256

Maker number:

6

Accession number:

1978.0670

Catalog number:

1978.0670.256

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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment

Popular Entertainment

Music & Musical Instruments

Family & Social Life

Sound Recordings

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-4c29-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_672841

Creator:

Chernow, Burt, 1933-1997  Search this

Subject:

Jeanne-Claude  Search this

Type:

Sound Recording

Date:

1996 April 17

Citation:

Burt Chernow. Interview with Edith Bass and Rachel Karsenti's, 1996 April 17. Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)23237

See more items in:

Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_23237

Creator:

Chernow, Burt, 1933-1997  Search this

Jeanne-Claude, 1935-2009  Search this

Type:

Sound Recording

Date:

1996 February 2-1996 February 14

Citation:

Burt Chernow and Jeanne-Claude. Interview with Jeanne-Claude Reviewing Pages 718-830, 1996 February 2-1996 February 14. Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)23234

See more items in:

Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_23234

Creator:

Chernow, Burt, 1933-1997  Search this

Subject:

Christo  Search this

Jeanne-Claude  Search this

Type:

Sound Recording

Date:

1996 April 15

Citation:

Burt Chernow. Interview with Ellen Goheen on Wrapped Walkways (1978), 1996 April 15. Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)23236

See more items in:

Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_23236

Creator:

Chernow, Burt, 1933-1997  Search this

Type:

Sound Recording

Date:

1996 April 28

Citation:

Burt Chernow. Interviews with Jeanne-Claude and Tom Golden on 1977 Trip to Rotterdam, 1996 April 28. Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)23238

See more items in:

Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_23238

Creator:

Chernow, Burt, 1933-1997  Search this

Jeanne-Claude, 1935-2009  Search this

Type:

Sound Recording

Date:

1996 April 12

Citation:

Burt Chernow and Jeanne-Claude. Interview with Jeanne-Claude Reviewing Pages 831-886, 1996 April 12. Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)23235

See more items in:

Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_23235

Creator:

Chernow, Burt, 1933-1997  Search this

Christo, 1935-  Search this

Subject:

Jeanne-Claude  Search this

Type:

Sound Recording

Date:

1996 May 13

Citation:

Burt Chernow and Christo. Interview with Christo and Jeanne-Claude on Christo's Family, 1996 May 13. Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)23239

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Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_23239

Interviewee:

Jacquette, Yvonne, 1934-2023  Search this

Interviewer:

Shikler, Barbara  Search this

Subject:

Alexander, Brooke  Search this

Burckhardt, Rudy  Search this

Dewby, Edwin  Search this

Fish, Janet  Search this

Grooms, Red  Search this

Grooms, Mimi Gross  Search this

Mangold, Sylvia Plimack  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Yvonne Jacquette, 1989 June 6-Dec. 13. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12147

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214525

AAA_collcode_jacque89

Theme:

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_214525

Interviewee:

Ringgold, Faith, 1930-2024  Search this

Interviewer:

Nadelman, Cynthia  Search this

Subject:

Gwathmey, Robert  Search this

Lippard, Lucy R.  Search this

Lloyd, Tom  Search this

Morris, Robert  Search this

Tucker, Marcia  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Faith Ringgold, 1989 September 6-October 18. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Performance art  Search this

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women performance artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

African American quiltmakers  Search this

Theme:

African American  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11497

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214751

AAA_collcode_ringgo89

Theme:

African American

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_214751