How do I know why Miles walks off the stage? Why don't you ask him? And besides, maybe we'd all like to be like Miles, and just haven't got the guts.

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.