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Dizzy Gillespie piano songs

5 songs by Dizzy Gillespie, each opened like a recipe: the chords, what each hand plays and how it ends. Mostly played as blues and boogie-woogie piano, stride piano and ballad piano.

A Night In TunisiaDizzy Gillespie

Salt PeanutsDizzy Gillespie

Birk's WorksDizzy Gillespie

OwDizzy Gillespie

Every Dizzy Gillespie song

A Night In TunisiaD minor · 4/4 · bII7–i–bII7–i
Salt PeanutsF major · 2/2 · I–IV–#ivo–I
Birk's WorksAb major · 4/4 · III7–vi–IV7–III7
OwBb major · 4/4 · I–ii–V7–I
Two Bass HitC major · 4/4 · I–I7–I–I7

How Dizzy Gillespie is played

Blues and boogie-woogie pianoSwinging left hands from the 1950s.
Stride pianoA leaping left hand, ragtime style.
Ballad pianoSoft waves of sound for quiet evenings.
The I–IV–#ivo–I loop12 songs use it
The I–ii–V7–I loop169 songs use it
The I–I7–I–I7 loop20 songs use it

Questions about Dizzy Gillespie on piano

What are the easiest Dizzy Gillespie songs to play on piano?

Start with A Night In Tunisia, Salt Peanuts and Birk's Works: their left hands are easy patterns, and the chords repeat.

What keys are Dizzy Gillespie songs in?

Most often D minor, F major and Ab major.

Which chord progressions do Dizzy Gillespie songs use?

I–IV–#ivo–I, I–ii–V7–I and I–I7–I–I7 come up most: learn them and many of these songs are within reach.