Dizzy Gillespie Interview PART 2 of 3

1982

[@bjarktron]

Dizzy was such a sincere and genuinely nice guy. Respect to one of the greatest

[@mllzgrglzbllz]

Man, I love Dizzy so much. He's just a great guy funny, talented and always positive and just adorable !

[@StephanieJeannot]

He has a way with people. I love him. He had me laughing.

[@jeremydavidson9194]

I saw him at the Blue Note. Before he left the stage, he pointed to the street door and announced, "ladies and gentleman, the heavyweight champion of the world!" By the time I looked back at the stage, he was gone :)

[@clydebermingham121]

“Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks ..” Dizzy’s Heart was full of Splendor .... He’s so full of Love & Wonder ...He just keeps it so Real

[@Djsolaur]

when I die Id love to meet this guy Dizzy seems like a sweetheart I can just tell :)) genuine man so genuine like it be someone youd actually hang out with seriously

[@clydebermingham121]

Pop Diz .... Always himself .... Always his own man... Just free flowing ... So deep , in a light and humorous manner ... He just dropped nuggets of gold of information in just a relaxed manner .... Humorously & Graciously Blunt and straight forward & honest ....

[@unslept_em]

He seems informal, not mean or ignorant.

[@BopWalk]

This interviewer was interupting him at times, let Dizzy finish his sentence, he has interesting things to say and you keep drifting him off to another topic.

[@moshepotts]

What a great interview it is...Dizzy is really enjoying himself

[@clydebermingham121]

Diz was such a natural . Gracious ❤️💥🙏🏽

[@AwayAwayandUp]

Dizzy is great, the guy interviewing him needs to stop cutting him off and asking pointless questions.

[@LoganCharlesII]

We did light housekeeping for two years;^)

[@RanBlakePiano]

Great to hear Diz

[@fsmtdaler]

Thanks God! I got to meet Dizzy once. Very genuine heart and soul. Love for people. Love for Baha'u'llah.

[@aaronamccoy]

that book is very good

[@brucekuehn4031]

Long pause - master shit detector - wow! Important in any profession

[@blackvitruvianman]

@aaronamccoy The book was GREAT!!

[@StuffedDom]

why cut him off at 1:18 silly man

[@chasefreak]

Ya gotta love these "interviewers" for jazz legends later in their careers. Rock & Pop music did not push jazz aside, the '60's saw a resurgance of hard swinging big band jazz (Herman, Rich, Kenton) and an overall peeked interest in jazz (Dizzy, Miles, Freddie, Oscar Peterson, Clark Terry), the '70's saw the creation of jazz/rock fusion. I don't think jazz was "pushed aside", then again being a "jazzer" my opnion may be biased...