Photograph of Dizzy Gillespie playing the trumpet in Karachi, Pakistan

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A black and white photograph of a group Dizzy Gillespie and seven other men on a stage with instruments. Gillespie is playing a trumpet on the left side of the photograph as the other members of the band look on. At the center of photograph are two music stands one of which reads “RHYTHM / SWINGTETTE,” while the other has R and S in overlapping, decorative lettering. Handwritten in ink near the top left corner of the image is “To, Dizzy - One & only / Here's Looking / at you. Sincerely, / Ray Baldwin / Karachi / Pakistan / 1956.” On the left side of the photograph a man is standing in front of a microphone. He is watching Gillespie play the trumpet. An illegible handwritten signature covers the man’s waist. Written in orange marker at bottom center is “637[illegible].

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