Groovin' High

Dizzy Gillespie was, next to Louis Armstrong, probably the most popular of all jazz figures, for like Armstrong he was an entertainer as well as a player. And, also like Armstrong, he was one of the most influential figures in jazz history. He, together with Charlie Parker, was the major force in creating bebop - the basic jazz style of the past half-century. This is the definitive biography of Gillespie.