John Birks Gillespie

Definitions of John Birks Gillespie
  1. noun
    United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
    synonyms: Dizzy Gillespie, Gillespie
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    example of:
    cornetist, trumpeter
    a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
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