first edition Photograph
no date · San Francisco
by Copi, Tom
San Francisco: Self-published by the photographer, no date. Photograph. 8x10 b&w original photograph of an African American jazz trumpeter playing, lightly-worn, white margin, foxing on rear and photographer's label affixed. Copi is a well-known and great photographer of musicians. His subjects have included The Grateful Dead, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Miles Davis and many others. I cannot definitively identify this musician though he reminds me of Blue Mitchell. Appears to be 1970s by hair style and clothing with fly-away collar. (Inventory #: 233988)