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Dizzy first played the Trombone, but switched to Trumpet after borrowing his neighbors and fell in love with the trumpet.

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a modified King trumpet with a legedary mouthpiece

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Duke Ellington most often played the piano.

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Gillespie was best known for playing jazz. Some of his greatest albums were "Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods", "Dizzy Digs Paris", "One Night in Washington" and "Bird and Diz".

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he played the trumpet.

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Saxophone, Piano, Trumpet.

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trumpet

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jazz

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Piano

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