Original: John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 - January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".
Simplified: John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (born October 21, 1917 in Cheraw, South Carolina) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer and composer.