Dizzy Gillespie performing at the Dreamland Ballroom

Dizzy Gillespie performing at the Dreamland Ballroom

This is a photo of Dizzy Gillespie playing at The Dreamland Ballroom in the summer of 1948. Dizzy Gillespie was a legendary bebop and jazz trumpet player and toured nationally beginning in the mid-1940s and continuing for decades later.

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Dreamland Ballroom, North Omaha History Harvest, 2011

1948

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Omaha (Neb.)