Dizzie

Whether John "Dizzie" Gillespie deserves credit for oobie, doobie, doo instead of simply the "song refrain" accreditation shown may be debatable; in any case, the evidence suggests Wescott's musical background is quite light.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol 1 No 2 1974

You cannot separate the man's presidency from this issue any anymore than you can remove the music from Dizzie Gillespie.

Mike Bonifer: Drew Westen's Tension Mike Bonifer 2011

Maybe with that white stick and Dizzie the dog he'll be able to raise a laugh from the comrades.

Iain Dale: Lie Down in a Darkened and WiFi Free Room 2008

Maybe with that white stick and Dizzie the dog he'll be able to raise a laugh from the comrades.

Iain Dale: Lie Down in a Darkened and WiFi Free Room 2008

DAVID WAS reporting: The Dizzie and Chet reissues are the work of the same geniuses who started the highly successful musical recycling label Rhino Records.

Dizzy and Chet, a Jazz Odd Couple 2005

(Soundbite of Dizzie Gillespie music) WAS: I once asked Dizzie about that apocryphal quote, and he said that Cab Calloway wasn't hip enough to know what Chinese music sounded like.

Dizzy and Chet, a Jazz Odd Couple 2005

WAS: Dizzie has vestiges of legitimate musical education and could play the piano as well as the trumpet, while Chet was mostly self-taught and could but barely read music.

Dizzy and Chet, a Jazz Odd Couple 2005

Dizzie by now was one of jazz's elder statesmen, whose trademark angled horn and bulging cheeks transformed his image from bebop rebel to beloved clown prince.

Dizzy and Chet, a Jazz Odd Couple 2005

(Soundbite of Chet Baker music) WAS: After a few stints in prison and a forced exile in Europe, Chet landed in Denver and went to see Dizzie, who was playing at a local nightspot.

Dizzy and Chet, a Jazz Odd Couple 2005

WAS: Even more freewheeling are the Dizzie discs, from his big band beginnings to the be-pop era and finally to his immersion in Cuban music in the postwar years.

Dizzy and Chet, a Jazz Odd Couple 2005