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Dizzy Gillespie

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Musician

The Resume

    (October 21, 1917-January 9, 1993)
    Birth Name was John Birks Gillespie
    Composed 'Night in Tunisia,' 'Bebop,' 'Oop Bop Sh-Bam,' 'Groovin,' 'High,Woody 'n You' and Salt Peanuts'

Why he might be annoying:

    What kind of name is Dizzy?
    His nickname was Diz.
    He made the beret, goatee and sunglasses popular among jazz artists.
    He used a unique trumpet bell and his cheeks puffed unusually large when he played.
    Rumor has it, a friend sat on his trumpet and bent his bell. He had the bell shape manufactured as his trademark.
    His immediate family consisted of ten people.
    Fellow jazz artist, Cab Calloway, was shot in the back of the neck with spitballs by an audience member and he blamed Dizzy.
    Dizzy and Cab Calloway fought over the spitball incident and Dizzy cut Cab with a knife.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was one of the greatest jazz artists of all time.
    He was internationally known.
    His father made instruments available to Dizzy and his siblings in early childhood.
    He was playing piano by age four.
    He taught various forms of bebop to other artists.
    He was known for teaching what each instrument is capable of doing.
    He is said to have played higher and faster than any other jazz artist.
    He would not play/perform with artists that abused drugs.
    He attended Laurinburg Institute on a scholarship.

Credit: Skunk Butt


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 16 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 120 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 23.53% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 116 Votes: 45.69% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 15 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 140 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 35 Votes: 45.71% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 11.76% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 2588 Votes: 27.13% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 94 Votes: 38.30% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 279 Votes: 37.28% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 124 Votes: 45.16% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 127 Votes: 41.73% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 314 Votes: 44.27% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 455 Votes: 42.64% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1563 Votes: 42.55% Annoying