LEE CASTLE "Mr. Trumpet" AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED 8"X10" B&W PHOTOGRAPH, Kriegsmann

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For Sale is a Genuine and Original
Hand Signed LEE CASTLE "Mr. Trumpet" AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED 8"x10" Black & White PHOTOGRAPH by James J. Kriegsmann "To Gussie/ A swell girl & thanks / for all your service. /Mr. Trumpet /Lee Castle"
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Castle
(1915-1990, born Lee Castaldo in New York City) was a trumpeter who began playing professional at age 18 with the likes of Joe Haymes, Artie Shaw, Dick Stabile and Red Norvo, Tommy Dorsey, Glen Miller and Jack Teagarden. He tried forming three bands of his own without success in the 1940s including a Dixieland jazz band in 1949.
Castle didn't find success as a bandleader until joining the Dorsey Brothers' orchestra in 1953, taking over as bandleader when Jimmy Dorsey took ill and finally died,
a role he had until the 1970s.
Signature is guaranteed authentic and to pass PSA or JSA authentication.
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