Dizzy Gillespie, His Life.

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a living on his own.When his sister got married,he heard
that her husband was moving them to New York city.He went with them to
find a job.His brother Wesley soon moved there as well,so he and John lived
in the same apartment.They shared expenses,but rarely saw each other.Wesley’s schedule was a normal one,but John’s often had him staggering home at 5:50 A.M.He was always searching for a permanent job,but all he could find were temp and fill-in jobs,which payed very little..Meanwhile,he was barely getting by.
Since he was a child,his idol was a trumpet player named Roy Eldridge.John
was thrilled to meet and finally replace him in the Cab Calloway band.He
played 3rd trumpet,but was mainly an arranger for the band.Back then
,arrangers would often hand-write parts so they didn’t have to pay a
printer.One day the band was reading a chart and john couldn’t read the
misic.The band started calling him the Dizzy cat because he couldn’t read
the parts.On ...

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face.He immediately turned and pointed at Dizzy and said”YOU,THROWING THE SPITBALLS!”.He was surprised and said “hey,I ain’t throwin nuthin’.”Cab became enraged and began to climb over the saxaphone section to get at Dizzy.He then ran back to his dressing room for the rest of the show.When
Dizzy thought everything had calmed down,he proceeded to go and get his
things from the stage.As he passed Cab’s room,Cab opened the door and
grabbed Dizzy by the throat.Dizzy,being aggresive and hardened by the
constant harassment from white men on the street,instinctivly took out the
knife he was hiding in a rabbit’s foot and stabbed ...

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