LEE CASTLE - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 279877
Sale Price $180.00
Reg. $200.00
LEE CASTLE
B/w James De Kriegsmann publicity photo of trumpeter and bandleader Lee
Castle, signed as "Mr. Trumpet"
Inscribed photograph signed "To Frank/a swell guy & thanks a lot for
your services [sic]/Mr. Trumpet/Lee Castle". B/w, 8x10 overall, 7¼x8½
image, one surface.Photo by James De Kriegsmann of New York and General
Amusement Corp. 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. Lightly toned, creased and bowed, otherwise in fine
condition.
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