Dizzy - John Birks Gillespie in his 75th year

DIZZY features a rich array of duotone photographs (59 total) that chronicle the career of the late jazz giant Dizzy Gillespie from the 1940s to the present. Produced to commemorate the musician's seventy-fifth birthday in October, 1992, the book includes images by such renowned jazz photographers as Herman Leonard, William P. Gottlieb, & Jeff Sedlik. An award-winning essay & insightful quotations both by & about DIZZY are lovingly woven with the photographs to offer a rare portrait of the man.