Jazz aficionado and Jazz at Lincoln Center Employee Ernest Gregory admiring Dizzy Gillespie trumpet at recent auction

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NEW YORK, UNITED STATES: CHARLIE PARKER SAX HEADLINES HISTORIC JAZZ AUCTION: Ernie Gregory looks at Dizzy Gillespie's custom made Martin trumpet on display 17 February, 2005 in New York. The trumpet is one of the many items to be part of a jazz auction by Guernsey's scheduled for 20 February, 2005, at the "Jazz at Lincoln Center" performance hall in New York. The 430 lots include instruments, clothing and musical scores played, worn and written by some of the greatest names in jazz music, from Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald to John Coltrane and Stan Getz. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images) Copyright: 2005 AFP By/Title: DON EMMERT/Staff Date Created: 17 Feb 2005 12:00 AM City, State, Country: New York, NY, United States Credit: AFP/Getty Images Collection: AFP Source: AFP Date Submitted: 18 Feb 2005 08:31 AM