Photograph of Billy Eckstine conducting his band

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A black and white photograph of Billy Eckstine conducting his band on stage at the Aragon Ballroom in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Charlie Parker plays the saxophone (third from the left) in the first row of seated musicians. Art Blakey is on drums while Tommy Potter is on bass; Dizzy Gillespie and Howard McGhee are also pictured. Sarah Vaughan stands at the microphone in front of the band. The back of the photograph has six stickers with barcode, numbers, reproduction information, caption information and a handwritten inscription of numbers.

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