Dizzy Gillespie was a pioneering Jazz trumpeter, band leader and composer, as well as a key figure in the emergence and development of the Bebop Jazz style. Along with Saxophonist Charlie Parker, Gillespie was at the forefront of this new musical style and helped teach a new generation of Jazz musicians about the frenetic pace and revolutionary phrasing of the Bebop method. Gillespie was also responsible for popularizing the use of Afro-Cuban flourishes in Jazz music. Besides being an energetic and gifted performer, Gillespie was also responsible for some of the most recognizable and enduringly popular songs in Jazz history, including the standards "Night in Tunisia" and "Salt Peanuts".