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Dizzy Gillespie portrait collection

Title
Dizzy Gillespie portrait collection [graphic].
Publication
<1940?-1980?>

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Additional Authors
  • Abel, O. L.
  • Bradley, Jack.
  • Cohen, Martin.
  • Kriegsmann, James J.
  • Jackson, David.
  • Frederick, Monroe S.
  • Jackson, Reggie.
  • Ellison, Sulaiman, 1951-
  • A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)
  • New York Jazz Museum.
  • Pablo.
  • Associated Booking Corporation.
Description
  • <16> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
  • <2> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
Summary
Views of trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie taken approximately between 1940 and 1980. Collection includes half and three-quarter length studio portraits of Gillespie with and without his trumpet (promotional stills); also alone and in groups performing on-stage at Downtown, Randall's Island Jazz Festival and other unidentified clubs. Gillespie also in group portrait with Red Allen and unidentified man holding a certificate for Red Allen, with five unidentified women possibly in a restaurant; and seated with Percy Sutton outdoors (at a rally?)
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
  • African American musicians
  • Jazz musicians > United States
  • Trumpet players > United States
  • Concerts > 1940-1979
  • Rewards's prizes > 1940-1979
  • Trumpet
Genre/Form
  • Portrait photographs – 1940-1979.
  • Group portraits – 1940-1979.
  • Publicity photographs – 1940-1979.
  • Silver gelatin photoprints – 1940-1979.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Photographers include A. Hansen Studio, Jack Bradley, James J. Kriegsmann and others.
  • Some photos have captions; some have been cropped; some have written descriptive information on verso.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Some photos restricted; permission of photographer required for duplication.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Call Number
Sc Photo Gillespie, Dizzy
OCLC
NYPG085000631-F
Title
Dizzy Gillespie portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
<1940?-1980?>
Terms Of Use
Some photos restricted; permission of photographer required for duplication.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Local Note
Negatives exist for some images.
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Added Author
Abel, O. L. Photographer
Bradley, Jack. Photographer
Cohen, Martin. Photographer
Kriegsmann, James J. Photographer
Jackson, David. Photographer
Frederick, Monroe S. Photographer
Jackson, Reggie. Photographer
Ellison, Sulaiman, 1951- Photographer
A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)
New York Jazz Museum.
Pablo.
Associated Booking Corporation.
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Gillespie, Dizzy
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