Modern-jazz virtuoso Dizzy Gillespie played this customized King “Silver Flair” trumpet from 1972 to 1985. He adopted the signature angled design in 1954, after someone accidentally bent his horn and he discovered he liked the sound that resulted.
Dizzy Gillespie's Trumpet
Dizzy Gillespie's Trumpet, 1972
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