Original vintage handbill advertising a Paris performance by legendary American folk and blues icon Huddie Ledbetter—better known as “Lead Belly”—alongside jazz trumpeter Bill Dillard. Measuring approximately 3.5" x 5", this French-language promotional flyer announces a rare European appearance at the Thetre de la Cite Universitaire on Boulevard Jourdan, Paris, featuring Lead Belly with his twelve-string guitar and Dillard on trumpet. Billed as a journey through “American Negro Songs – From Africa to Jazz,” the performance was part of a culturally significant tour showcasing two hundred years of American music. In very good condition, with light toning and minor edge wear. Exceptionally scarce, especially as it relates to Lead Belly’s brief and historically important European tour just prior to his death in 1949—a poignant artifact from one of the most influential figures in 20th-century music. Original vintage handbill advertising a Paris performance by legendary American folk and blues icon Huddie Ledbetter—better known as “Lead Belly”—alongside jazz trumpeter Bill Dillard. Measuring approximately 3.5" x 5", this French-language promotional flyer announces a rare European appearance at the Thetre de la Cite Universitaire on Boulevard Jourdan, Paris, featuring Lead Belly with his twelve-string guitar and Dillard on trumpet. Billed as a journey through “American Negro Songs – From Africa to Jazz,” the performance was part of a culturally significant tour showcasing two hundred years of American music. In very good condition, with light toning and minor edge wear. Exceptionally scarce, especially as it relates to Lead Belly’s brief and historically important European tour just prior to his death in 1949—a poignant artifact from one of the most influential figures in 20th-century music.