An unusual and important letter from the American composer, horn player, and teacher who recorded with jazz greats including Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis and established the jazz center at the New England Conservatory. TLS, 10/16/1972, to Dizzy Gillespie on NEC letterhead, tells of his work on new Grove's Dictionary of Music, "I would like to invite you to write..articles: Afro-Cuban Jazz, Roy Eldridge, Ted Dameron..Sincerely, Gunther." With a three line postscript, good long 2 page letter from one important American musician to another.
An unusual and important letter from the American composer, horn player, and teacher who recorded with jazz greats including Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis and established the jazz center at the New England Conservatory. TLS, 10/16/1972, to Dizzy Gillespie on NEC letterhead, tells of his work on new Grove's Dictionary of Music, "I would like to invite you to write..articles: Afro-Cuban Jazz, Roy Eldridge, Ted Dameron..Sincerely, Gunther." With a three line postscript, good long 2 page letter from one important American musician to another.