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...certainly not worth the asking price!

Asking price is ridiculous...

Venue seems to be the Spotlite Club in New York where Bird played in late 1945 (from another photo taken at the club that is in Ken Vail's 'Bird Diary'). The other photo has Bird playing with Miles and Dexter.

The trumpet player here is no problem. Don't think it's Manne or Levey on drums. And not Lucky on tenor. Piano player is not visible enough.

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I would say late 1945 before Diz and Bird went East. Bird is obviously in his pre-Lover Man days!

The similar photo (with Miles, Dexter, Stan Levey) is also in 'Miles' Diary', another Ken Vail book.

The text to the Diary mentions that the Charlie Parker group (with Miles Davis) moves down the (52nd) street - in October 1945 - from the Three Deuces to the Spotlite Club. 'Dexter Gordon comes in on tenor sax, and Sir Charles Thompson and Leonard Gaskin replace (Al) Haig and (Curley) Russell.'

Then in November 1945:

'When the Spotlite Club is temporarily closed by a police crackdown on 52nd Street, Charlie Parker moves his combo up to Minton's Playhouse in Harlem.

The same photo (with Miles and Dexter) is also in the 'To Bird With Love' opus by Francis Paudras and Charlie Parker. Bad quality copy, credited 'courtesy Dexter Gordon/Maxine Gregg'. The club where the Bird/Miles/Dexter photo was taken is identified as the Spotlite. The year given for it is 1944, clearly one year off...

The eBay seller from Kansas City is also trying to get $25,000 with a well-know Charlie Parker/Miles photo copyrighted by Duncan Schiedt:

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZbootsy612

Some people have no shame :excited:

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