It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.

He is honored with weekly jazz sessions at the New York Bahá'í Center in the memorial auditorium. Gillespie favored mouthpieces made by Al Cass.

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (pron. In the 1940s Gillespie together with Charlie Parker became a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz.