I just read Jonah Winter's book called "Dizzy" to my 5-year old son and was shocked to learn Dizzy's father was abusive to him as a child. Wanting to know more, I found the following passage written by Alyn Shipton: Mr. Gillespie's origins certainly did not presage a life of peace. Born in Cheraw, South Carolina, on 21 October 1917, Mr. Gillespie had a rough childhood. His strict father - a bricklayer and Saturday night musician - often whipped him, and the young Mr. Gillespie was correspondingly pugnacious. "I used to fight anybody, big, small, white or colored," Mr. Gillespie once said. "I was just a devil, a strong devil."
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Dizzy Mizz Lizzy ended in 1998.
"Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé" was nominated for six Creative Arts Emmys in 2019 including: outstanding variety special (pre-recorded), outstanding costumes for variety, non-fiction or reality programming; outstanding directing for a variety special; outstanding music direction; outstanding production design for a variety special and outstanding writing for a variety special.
No, Dizzy Gillespie did not do drugs. He cut strings with Charlie "Bird" Parker and Miles Davis because they were both on drugs. Dizzy was all about business and took his "job" very seriously up until the day he died.
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