Dizzy Gillespie Performance at Hunter College, New York City, 1959

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A black and white silver gelatin photograph of a man playing the trumpet. Dizzy Gillespie is captured performing at Hunter College, New York City, 1959, wearing horned rimmed eyeglasses, a bright long sleeve shirt and checkered jacket. There is a large oval ring on his proper right smallest finger. The twin palm emblem of Palm Press, Inc. is imprinted at the bottom right of the photographic sheet.

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