Photograph of Charlie Parker with Dean Benedetti and Max Roach

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A black and white photograph of Charlie Parker with Dean Benedetti and Max Roach. Charlie Parker is in the middle, wearing a striped suit with patterned tie and Max Roach is on the right in a dark colored suit. Dean Benedetti is on the left, wearing a light colored suit jacket, swirled pattern tie, and dark colored pants. Parker has both arms around the other men, who each have one arm around Parker. Parker is gazing ahead with lips in a closed smile. Roach is looking towards Parker and holding a cigarette in his proper left hand. Benedetti is turned slightly towards Parker, head tilted down and eyes closed. On the back, handwritten in pencil in the top left corner is “A07387/9.”

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