Signed contract between JATAP publishing, Dizzie Gillespie and Buster Harding

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Four signed copies of a typed contract between JATAP Publishing Co., Inc., John Birks (Dizzy) Gillespie and Buster Harding. The contract is dated [December 27th, 1954] and grants rights to JATAP Publishing, with 50% royalties and other considerations to Gillespie and Harding for the following musical works: Rumbola, Rails, Pile Driver, Hobnail Special, Devil and the Fish, Blue Mood, Confusion, and Cool Eyes. Each contract is a single page, double-sided, and signed on the reverse [John Gillespie] and [Buster Harding]. The copies are stapled together into one document.

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