Dizzy Gillespie Signed Photograph, Jazz Trumpeter and Composer
by Eddie Birch, photographer
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
[Np. ca. 1990]. Black and white studio photograph. 10 x 8 inches. Inscription light in some areas; image Near Fine.
Signed publicity photograph of Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993), showing him holding his iconic trumpet with its bell bent upward. Gillespie is noted for his bebop style of playing and Afro-Cuban rhythms. The portrait is inscribed: "To Ed [Eddie Birch, the photo's photographer?], The best always to yourself, Dizzy Gillespie '90."
At the time of this photograph, Gillespie was at the height of his fame, having been an important influence on such trumpeters as Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, and Wynton Marsalis.
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- Bookseller
- Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3731678
- Title
- Dizzy Gillespie Signed Photograph, Jazz Trumpeter and Composer
- Author
- Eddie Birch, photographer
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
About the Seller
Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
About Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
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