Signed contract between JATAP publishing, Dizzie Gillespie and Buster Harding: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Four signed copies of a typed contract between JATAP Publishing Co., Inc., John Birks (Dizzy) Gillespie and Buster Harding. The contract is dated [December 27th, 1954] and grants rights to JATAP Publishing, with 50% royalties and other considerations to Gillespie and Harding for the following musical works: Rumbola, Rails, Pile Driver, Hobnail Special, Devil and the Fish, Blue Mood, Confusion, and Cool Eyes. Each contract is a single page, double-sided, and signed on the reverse [John Gillespie] and [Buster Harding]. The copies are stapled together into one document.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1954
• Written by: JATAP Publishing Co., Inc., American
• Signed by: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
• Signed by: Lavere Harding, American, 1912 - 1965
• Type: contracts
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: 14 1/8 × 8 5/16 × 1/8 in. (35.9 × 21.1 × 0.3 cm)
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Composers (Musicians)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Object number: 2014.3.14
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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