This sepia tone headshot of a young Gillespie is inscribed "To Mom, Love and Kisses, Your Son, Dizzy."
A black and white photograph showing Gillespie performing on the trumpet.
One of the many images documenting Dizzy Gillespie's groundbreaking state tour of the Middle East in 1956. Gillespie's personal scrapbooks from his tours were acquired for the Vanderbilt/NMAAM Collections Initiative.
Dizzy Gillespie appeared as the guest star in episode 413 of the Muppet Show, which aired in early 1980. The Gillespie Collection includes the Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy puppets used in this episode.
Dizzy Gillespie was invited to perform for the inauguration ceremony of Sam Nujoma, the first president of independent Namibia. Gillespie met Nelson Mandela and Hage Geingob (the current president of Namibia).
A tiny gem from the Dizzy Gillespie collection that shows a fragment of music notated in Gillespie's own hand.
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