Dizzy: John Birks Gillespie in His 75th Year

86 pp. Oblong. Includes introduction by Jeff Kaliss, essay by Gene Lees. "Tanner pays homage to Dizzy Gillespie in his seventy-fifth year, examining his career from the 1940s to the present. The book combines a rich assemblage of photographs by a variety of renowned jazz photographers with memorable quotations both by and about Dizzy. Also included is anecdotal textual material that, along with the photos and quotations, lovingly weaves together the story of the man and his music."