Oversized boxing-style concert poster for two appearances by Dizzy Gillespie and West Coast jazz star Cal Tjader
Oversized boxing-style concert poster for two appearances by Dizzy Gillespie and West Coast jazz star Cal Tjader

John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie

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Oversized boxing-style concert poster for two appearances by Dizzy Gillespie and West Coast jazz star Cal Tjader
John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie
GILLESPIE, John Birks “Dizzy” (1917-1993).

Oversized boxing-style concert poster for two appearances by Dizzy Gillespie and West Coast jazz star Cal Tjader, the first at the San Jose Civic Auditorium on Friday 25 January, and the second at the Berkely Community Theater, Sunday 27 January 1957.

Letterpress printed in red and black on heavy cardstock, 610 x 430 mm. Oakland: Tilghman Press, 1957.

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