Dizzy Gillespie Shirt

About This Shirt

Dizzy Gillespie and his big cheeks made that bent trumpet sing and gave birth to the rise of bebop jazz and, later, the rise of Afro-Cuban music. In the smoky jazz clubs on 52nd Street, Gillespie and his various bands wrote great jazz classics like "Groovin' High," "Woody 'n' You," and "A Night in Tunisia" brought jazz to a new level, a level where geniuses could experiment and push music to its limits. In his lifetime he worked with legends such as Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, J.J. Johnson, Max Roach, Chano Pozo, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and even gave music lessons to a young Miles Davis. His gag presidential bid in 1964, with Phyllis Diller as his running mate, raised money to help further the Civil Rights Movement. Appreciate the classics, give thanks to those who forged the way for new and inventive music, and celebrate the great Dizzy Gillespie with this original design exclusively from the jazziest tee shirt shop in town, Strange Cargo. This image looks great on a variety of tee shirts, hooded sweatshirts, and bank tops, so be sure to make a stylish pick for a man who's style was described as the "Sound of Surprise."