Hot Lips Page at Idlewild NYC 1949 Tour Bus Original Silver Gelatin TYPE I original Photo by Popsie Boxing Photos While playing professional basketball

While playing professional basketball

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From his obituary

Signed on the back by Grange in black ink

Hot Lips Page at Idlewild NYC 1949 Tour Bus Original Silver Gelatin TYPE I original Photo by Popsie Boxing Photos While playing professional basketballOran Thaddeus "Hot Lips" Page (January 27, 1908 November 5, 1954 at age 46 from a heart attack) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader. He was known as a scorching soloist and powerful vocalist. Page was a member of Walter Page's Blue Devils, Artie Shaw's Orchestra and Count Basie's Orchestra, and he worked with Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and Ida Cox. He was one of the five musicians booked for the opening night at Birdland with Charlie