Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie performs at the Boston Globe Jazz and Blues Festival on Jan. 15, 1966. Bob Daugherty/AP hide caption
Dizzy Gillespie
The SFJAZZ Collective, performing live from the Robert N. Miner Auditorium in San Francisco. Don Dixon/SFJAZZ hide caption
The SFJAZZ Collective
Chuck Berry is one of the early rock and roll artists who were inspired by Latin music. Terry Fincher/Getty Images hide caption
Billy Strayhorn, pictured here in the 1940s, wrote more than 1,000 works, most of them for Duke Ellington. William P. Gottlieb/Library of Congress hide caption
Arturo O'Farrill conducts during recording sessions in Havana last winter. David Garten/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Wynton Marsalis leads a group of musicians through upper Manhattan's Riverside Church for the New Orleans-style funeral of vibraphonist Lionel Hampton in 2002. Doug Kanter/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Clarinet and saxophone player Paquito D'Rivera wore a James Moody T-shirt during a recent recording session in Brazil. Jorge Rosenberg/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Arturo Sandoval and Dizzy Gillespie on tour in Europe in 1991. Sandoval's new album, Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You), is a tribute to his friend and mentor. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Dizzy Gillespie in 1947. William P. Gottlieb/Library of Congress hide caption
James Moody. Brad Barket/Getty Images Entertainment hide caption
Dizzy Gillespie wasn't content to stick with music people could dance to. William Gottlieb/Library of Congress via Flickr hide caption
Conguero Poncho Sanchez gave Frank Foster's swing classic, "Shiny Stockings," a new identity as a mambo. Charley Gallay/Getty Images Entertainment hide caption
Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars, New York Voices In Concert
Hiromi Uehara. Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Dizzy Gillespie On Piano Jazz
Joao Gilberto was one of the key bossa nova pioneers. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Charlie Parker, ca. Aug. 1947. William P. Gottlieb/Library of Congress via flickr.com hide caption