Bryson is the daughter of singer Connie Bryson and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie . Her paternity was kept a secret until after Gillespie 's death because he was married . In 1998 Bryson filed a lawsuit against his widow , Lorraine Willis , after her lawyer found court records from 1965 in which Gillespie admitted he was her father . She reached a settlement with his estate . Her husband was guitarist Coleman Mellett , who died in the February 2009 crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 . The couple lived in East Brunswick Township , New Jersey
Colgan Air Flight 3407
Colgan Air Flight 3407
Jeanie Bryson