Original color 15.25 x 23.25 poster for the 1980 Grande Parade du Jazz in Nice, France, signed in ballpoint by many of the performers, including Dave Brubeck, Doc Cheatham, Oliver Shearer, Carmen McRae, Frank Foster, Nat Adderley, Anita Moore, Joe Kennedy, Slam Stewart, David Young, Lee Konitz, Red Richards, John Clayton, Kenny Garrett, Nat Pierce, and many more. Rolled and in fine condition, with light creasing.
The Nice Jazz Festival, known as the ‘Grande Parade du Jazz’ during the 1970s and 1980s, was first held in 1948 and organized annually since 1971. It is considered the first jazz festival of international significance. Over the years it has attracted many of the genre’s top names as regular performers, including Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Helen Humes, Herbie Hancock, and Miles Davis.