London: Columbus Books, 1988. Folio. First Edition. Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Slipcase slightly toned at the extremities, with a closed tear at the top, else Near Fine. Full-page black-and-white and color photographs of musicians and bands throughout jazz, many taken by Abe.
Chicago: Alligator Records, Circa 1970s. Archive of seven vintage promotional photographs for Alligator Records recording artists, circa 1970s. Founded in 1970, independent blues label Alligator Records continues to release music to this day. Included are images of Ed Williams, Lonnie Brooks, Maurice John Vaughn, and Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials. 8 x 10 inches. Fine.
New York: N.p., Circa 1957-1959. Draft script for the 1959 play. Copy belonging to producer Stanley Chase, with his name and address to a sticker on the title page. The script contains the printed lyrics for every musical number, with dialogue and stage direction interspersed. Arlen's original 1946 musical, "St. Louis Woman," with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, was based on.....
N.p. Alfa Film, 1961. Collection of four vintage borderless photographs from the 1961 film, three of Louis Armstrong performing and one from the set of Armstrong seated with fan. Little known German comedy featuring a terrific cameo of Armstrong and His All Stars performing four songs. Set in and shot on location in West Germany. Two photographs 6.75 x 5 inches, and.....
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 documentary film, showing jazz great Louis Armstrong and reporter Edward R. Murrow. A biography following Armstrong and his band as they embark on a world tour. Shot on location in Cape Town, South Africa, in London, England, and in Memphis, New Orleans, and New York in the.....
Hollywood: CBS Radio, 1955. Vintage contact sheet, cut into three strips. A total of twelve images, four of which are duplicated and enlarged on a single print, of Louis Armstrong and Gary Crosby from the September 18, 1955 "Gary Crosby Show" radio show, recorded and photographed on 8/7/55. Mimeo snipe from CBS Radio, partially detached, with remainder on verso of.....
N.p. N.p., circa 1960s. Photograph of Louis Armstrong at home, holding his trumpet, with his wife Louise. Taken by noted jazz photographer Eddie Adams in the mid-1960s, printing date unknown. With the Eddie Adams Archive stamp on the verso, signed just below by his son, Edward Adams II. An unusually candid image we have never seen, to our knowledge unpublished.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1950s. Two vintage matte-finish, hand-tinted color photographs of Josephine Baker performing onstage in Lausanne, Switzerland, circa 1950s. Both photos signed in holograph pencil by photographer Henry C. Bovet on the bottom right corner, with the additional notation "Lausanne." Baker moved to France in 1925, where she quickly gained success as an erotic dancer and actress, starring in.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1957. Collection of four vintage photographs from the 1958 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures copyright stamp with credit for photographer Van Pelt on verso of all photographs. One of the weirdest and most wonderful of the Columbia B-noirs, and a very faithful adaptation of Fredric Brown's byzantine 1949 novel, with Anita Ekberg (pre-"La Dolce.....
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1961 film. A struggling jazz musician pursues a beautiful singer, to the detriment of his career. The duo prove toxic to one another, and the film follows the dissolution of their relationship and their band. Shot on location in California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with two annotations to.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1961. Vintage reference photograph of director John Cassavetes in conversation with actors Bobby Darin and Stella Stevens on the set of the 1961 film. With holograph pencil cropping annotations on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Struggling jazz musician John "Ghost" Wakefield (Bobby Darin) pursues a romantic relationship with beautiful singer Jess Polanski.....
N.p. N.p., 1968. A collection of nine vintage, borderless photographs, four oversize, of Ray Charles in Paris, October 1968. All five of the smaller photographs have stamps of photographer Araldo Crollalanza on the verso, four with have Italian mimeo snipes. All four oversize photographs have stamps of photographer Crollalanza and press agency Inter-Prensa on the verso. Charles performed two spectacular shows.....
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N.p. N.p., 1968. A collection of four contact sheets, totaling 14 images, and five negative strips containing most of the same 14 images. Shown are Ray Charles, guitarist Sonny Forriest, and Ray Charles backing vocalists, The Raelettes, in Paris, 1963. Eleven of the negatives correspond to the contact sheets, one strip of three negatives however, while taken at the same.....
N.p. N.p., 1961. Vintage borderless photograph of Ray Charles at the organ, performing in Paris in October 1961. With the stamps of photographer Jean-Pierre Leloir and Radio-Magazine on the verso, along with holograph pencil annotations regarding layout. 7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus.
N.p. N.p., Circa 1965. Collection of four vintage reference photographs from the 1965 film. A blind musician (Ray Charles, playing himself) helps a blind boy and his down-on-their-luck family, including the boy's overprotective mother and her hard-drinking composer boyfriend. Shot on location in Paris and London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request.
London: Macmillan Press, 1986. First Edition. Extremities of both book and jacket a touch bumped, else Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. An autobiographical sketch of the jazz bandleader, with black-and-white photographs throughout.
San Francisco: The Fillmore West, 1968. Two color lithograph handbill designed by legendary psychedelic poster artist Dore, advertising a performance by Ornette Coleman and his ensemble at the Fillmore West in the late summer of 1968. With a printed signature by Dore, dated 1968, at the bottom right margin. A watershed period for Coleman, who only two years earlier had.....
Berkeley, CA: The Greek Theatre, 1968. Two color lithograph handbill designed by legendary psychedelic poster artist Dore, advertising a performance by Ornette Coleman and his ensemble at the Greek Theatre's "Sun Suite Festival" in Berekley, CA, August 11, 1968. A watershed period for Coleman, who only two years earlier had made the controversial decision to add his ten-year-old son Denardo.....
Zurich: TA-Media AG, 1998. First Edition. Text in German. Near Fine and unread in photo illustrated wrappers. Includes an introductory note in English, and a lengthy essay on John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" album. An attractive copy.
N.p. N.p., Circa 1970s. Vintage candid vernacular photograph of Count Basie with his wife, circa 1970s. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine.
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1950. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1950 film. Based on Dorothy Baker's 1938 novel of the same name. Loosely based on the life of Bix Beiderbeck, an influential jazz cornetist who died prematurely at the age of 28. In the film, Kirk Douglas plays the Beiderbeck character, here named Rick Martin. His career is constantly.....
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1968. An extraordinary collection of ephemera from the 1968 film, the centerpiece of which is a large piece of original artwork by production designer Alexander Trauner. Also included are a US one sheet poster, US half sheet poster, US insert poster, US pressbook, Australian daybill poster (with the alternate title "Up Tight"), and a German A1 poster.....
Tokyo: Graphic-sha Publishing, 1994. First Edition. SIGNED by author Manek Daver on the half-title page. One of the best conceived and executed references ever published on the design work behind classic American jazz albums, focusing on some of the best designers (Andy Warhol, Herman Leonard, David Stone Martin) and labels (Blue Note, Debut, Southland). Illustrated in color and black-and-white throughout.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1990s. Photograph of Miles Davis from 1971, cracking a rare smile while in a dressing room, trumpet in hand. Struck by photographer Jim Marshall circa 1990s, with his stamp, holograph identification number and date on the verso. As a photographer for both record labels and magazines such as "Rolling Stone," Jim Marshall was one of the most.....
Paris: Jazz Disques, 1951-1952. First French Edition (and correct first). Three volumes. Text in French and English. Very Good plus in saddle-stapled (volumes one and three) and perfect-bound (volume two) printed wrappers. Volume one: A-B; volume two: C-E; volume three: El-He. Mild toning overall, with a few tiny closed tears. The sixth edition of Hot Discographie, begun in 1936, detailing.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1967. Final Draft script for the 1967 film. Based on the 1964 Broadway play by Murray Schisgal, and with a score by jazz saxophone legend Gerry Mulligan. Three friends play a game of musical chairs with their relationships in this quirky comedy based on the hit play by Murray Schisgal. Harry Berlin (Jack Lemmon) is.....
Burbank, CA: Otto Preminger Films, 1959. Vintage photograph of Otto Preminger, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn on the set of the 1959 film. Preminger's "Anatomy of a Murder" was the first major Hollywood film to feature a score by an African-American composer. The jazz score, composed by Ellington and Strayhorn (uncredited), and performed by Ellington's Orchestra, won three Grammy Awards.....
Burbank, CA: Otto Preminger Films, 1959. Vintage photograph of Lee Remick, Duke Ellington and Jimmy Woode rehearsing on the set of the 1959 film. Preminger's "Anatomy of a Murder" was the first major Hollywood film to feature a score by an African-American composer. The jazz score, composed by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn (uncredited) and performed by Ellington's Orchestra won three.....
N.p. N.p., circa 1940. Vintage sepia tone photograph of clarinet player and swing band leader Ann Dupont. United States involvement in World War II created the perfect storm for a staggering increase in the number of "all-girl" big bands in the early 1940s. As male musicians were frequently getting drafted, and those left behind on the home front sought musical.....
N.p. N.p., 1951. Vintage borderless still photograph of Cuban songwriter and composer Osvaldo Farres. Featuring Farres at the piano while two men holding sheet music look on. Archivo Bohemia and Herve Derrien collection rubber stamps to the verso. One of Cuba's most significant musicians, Farres is said to have had an innate ability for composition. His works included well-known hits.....
Garden City: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1979. First printing of this edition. INSCRIBED on the title page by the author to actress Ruth Ford: "For Ruth Ford / and a shared love for this music and the artists who created it / Bill / Oxford, October 10, 1980." Laid in is and autographed letter signed by the author, address to.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film, showing actress Diana Ross in costume as Billie Holiday. With the stamp of National Film Archive on the verso, along with holograph pencil cropping annotations. Based on Holiday's 1956 autobiography, which recounts her troubled rise to fame, failed romantic relationships, and drug addiction. Ross' film debut. Set in New.....
London: Studio Vista, 1970. First UK Edition, preceding all others. A biography and musical analysis of influential blues musician Peetie Wheatstraw, including interviews with his fellow musicians. About Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Faintly foxed page edges and light offsetting to the front and rear endpapers.
N.p. N.p., Circa 1975. Vintage still photograph of Dizzy Gillespie, circa 1975. With the sticker of photographer Giuseppe Pino on the verso. 9.25 x 7 inches. Diagonal crease to the upper left corner, else Near Fine.
Paris: Jean-Pierre Leloir, Circa 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of Dizzy Gillespie, circa 1965, rubber stamp credit for photographer Jean-Pierre Leloir on the verso, along with two other stamps, on verso. Leloir is best known for his concert and behind-the-scenes photographs of ock and jazz musicians, notably at the famed Olympia Theatre in Paris. 6.25 x 9 inches. Very Good plus, with light.....
Garden City: Doubleday, 1979. First Edition. The great trumpeter and composer's autobiography. Photo-illustrated throughout. Near Fine in a strong Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket has a couple of short closed tears and some light chipping, otherwise bright and unfaded.
N.p. N.p., 1952. Vintage borderless photograph of Dizzy Gillespie, wife Lorraine Willis and their entourage arriving at the Saint Lazare railway station in Paris, March 10, 1952. Mimeo snipe, holograph annotations and press agency stamps on the verso. Dizzy Gillespie began recording what would become "The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952-1953" on March 25th, 1952 at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees. These.....
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1969. First Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped, several leaves with corner creases. Jacket extremities moderately toned, with slight loss at the spine ends and corners. Indispensable for the Goodman collector, as noted on the rear jacket flap.
N.p. N.p., Circa 1980s. Two vintage photographs of blues piano player Henry Gray, circa late 1980s. One photograph features Gray on stage, the other posing alongside fellow musicians Andrew Cornett, Zack "The Cat" Gaines, and Brian Bruce. With holograph annotations on the versos. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
N.p. N.p., Circa 1960s. Vintage poster for a performance by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin at the Gyllene Cirkeln (Golden Circle) club in Stockholm, Sweden, circa 1960s. Text in Swedish, with a brief biography of Griffin, noting this is his first visit to Sweden, and he is accompanied by Jimmy Woode on bass, Ruphert Clemedor on drums, and Henno Tooming on.....
Tunbridge Wells: Spellmount, 1987. First Edition. Published simultaneously in the United States. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout; Holiday is well represented. Part of the "Jazz Life and Times" series. Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped. Jacket extremities lightly toned, with light wrinkles at the spine ends, and a few tiny dings to the.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1980. Collection of five vintage borderless color photographs from the 1980 film, with title labels affixed to the verso of each. Jim Jarmusch's directorial debut, fresh from dropping out of film school, his signature patient, ambling, and dryly humorous approach to storytelling firmly established. Set against the backdrop of a grungy late-1970s New York City, we follow the.....
Copenhagen, Denmark: Nordisk Tidsskrift Forlag A / S / Karl Emil Knudsen, 1963. First Edition. Jepsen chose to begin this series with records beginning with the letter M (volume 5), following to the end of the alphabet, starting again from letter A, and continuing through to letter L. Jepsen explains his desire to do so in the foreword to volume.....
Copenhagen, Denmark: Nordisk Tidsskrift Forlag A / S / Karl Emil Knudsen, 1963. First Edition. Jepsen chose to begin this series with records beginning with the letter M (volume 5), following to the end of the alphabet, starting again from letter A, and continuing through to letter L. Jepsen explains his desire to do so in the foreword to volume.....
Copenhagen, Denmark: Nordisk Tidsskrift Forlag A / S / Karl Emil Knudsen, 1964. First Edition. Jepsen chose to begin this series with records beginning with the letter M (volume 5), following to the end of the alphabet, starting again from letter A, and continuing through to letter L. Jepsen explains his desire to do so in the foreword to volume.....
Copenhagen, Denmark: Nordisk Tidsskrift Forlag A / S / Karl Emil Knudsen, 1970. First Edition. Jepsen chose to begin this series with records beginning with the letter M (volume 5), following to the end of the alphabet, starting again from letter A, and continuing through to letter L. Jepsen explains his desire to do so in the foreword to volume.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1960. Original three sheet poster for the 1960 film. From one perspective, a fairly one-dimensional representation—perhaps even a caricature—of Beat culture, but culturally fascinating in that it was made at the height of the Beat era, with A-list talent by a top studio, and, until Walter Salles' 2012 adaptation of "On the Road," was the.....
London: Hanover, 1971. First Edition. A compilation of writing from "Blues Unlimited," a British music magazine founded in 1963 which focused on American blues music. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. With two small bumps to the fore edge of the front board. Jacket is lightly toned and rubbed, with a few small nicks to the flap folds, crown.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1960s. Vintage borderless press photograph of composer Michel Legrand, circa early 1960s. The photograph, which shows Legrand exiting a gate with a suitcase in hand, is somewhat prescient, as the first half of the 1960s would see him leap to international renown, both as a popular musician and a composer of the film scores for such French.....
Hollywood: Jerry Lewis Productions, 1960. Vintage photograph of Jerry Lewis and jazz impresario Count Basie on the set of the 1960 film, in which Basie stars as himself. With holograph annotations in pencil on the verso. Jerry Lewis' answer to the classic Cinderella story. When his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and.....
Various cities: Various, Circa 1970s. Collection of ten vintage promotional photographs of blues artists on various record labels, circa 1970s. Included in the archive are photographs of Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Joe "Guitar" Hughes, Miss Lavelle White, Percy Strother, Little Smokey Smothers, Guitar Gabriel and Brothers in the Kitchen, Sonny Rhodes, Jimmy Johnson, and Robert Jr. Lockwood, as they appeared.....
Beverly Hills, CA: MGM, 1960. Original vintage photograph of Janice Rule and Gerry Mulligan from the 1960 film. With a type written description, and holograph annotations in red crayon and graphite on the verso. From one perspective, a fairly one-dimensional representation—perhaps even a caricature—of Beat culture, but culturally fascinating in that it was made at the height of the Beat.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1975. Draft script for the 1975 musical play, which premiered at the Winter Garden Theatre on March 19, 1975. The origins of jazz told through the ersatz romance of a would-be trumpeter and a young black brothel worker. Set in New Orleans and Chicago. Black titled wrappers. Title page present, with book credits for Buster Davis and Paul Carter.....
circa 1946. Original photograph of Charles Mingus, circa 1946. An early publicity photo, re-struck from the original negative, circa 1990. Michael Ochs Archives sticker and PPCM sticker on verso. Legendary jazz performer, composer, and bandleader, Charles Mingus' career spanned 4 decades and left a legacy universally lauded. A virtuosic double bassist and a proficient pianist and cellist, Mingus spanned a huge.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First Edition. SIGNED by Charles Mingus on the dedication page. One of the most uncommon signatures in jazz history, this being only the second example we have ever encountered. A highly unorthodox, stream-of-consciousness autobiography, on which Mingus reportedly worked for over twenty years. Told in the form of a novel, portions of which are.....
N.p. N.p., 1964. Collection of five vintage, oversize, borderless photographs and two contact sheets (with 59 images) of the Thelonious Monk Quartet in performance at the La Maison de l’ORTF (Office de Radiodiffusion-Television Francaise) in Paris on February 23, 1964. Photographs with the stamp of photographer Alain Dessalles on the verso. The quartet here includes saxophonist Charlie Rouse, bassist Butch Warren.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1960s. Double weight photograph of Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, and Gerald Wilson, circa 1960s. Struck by photographer Jim Marshall circa 1990s, with his stamp and holograph identification number on the verso. As a photographer for both record labels and magazines such as "Rolling Stone," Jim Marshall was one of the most prolific and influential chronicles of rock.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1960s. Original single weight, black and white photograph of jazz pianist and composer Erroll Garner by photographer Michael Montfort, apparently unpublished, from the photographer's estate. Born in Freiburg, Germany, Michael Montfort began his career working as a photojournalist for German magazines such as "Stern," "Quick," and "Bild am Sonntag." In addition to shooting numerous rock and jazz.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1960s. Original single weight, black and white photograph of jazz bassist and composer Steve Swallow by photographer Michael Montfort, apparently unpublished, with Montfort's copyright stamp and the label of German magazine "Jazz im Bild" on the verso. From the photographer's estate. Born in Freiburg, Germany, Michael Montfort began his career working as a photojournalist for German magazines.....
Philadelphia: N.p., 1985. Original program for the memorial service held for legendary jazz drummer Philly Joe Jones at the Janes Memorial United Methodist Church in his native Philadelphia on September 7, 1985. The service featured "words and sounds of comfort" by fellow jazz great Max Roach, as well as tributes by poet Amiri Baraka and Congressman John Coyners, among others.....
N.p. N.p., 1966. Vintage program from Otis Redding's 1966 tour, where he headlined the "Winter Carnival of Stars," which also included Aaron Neville, James and Bobby Purify, The Marvelettes, The Original Drafters, Lorraine Ellison, Sad Sam, and comedian Irwin C. Watson. With a full page photograph and biography of each artist, and several additional photos of Redding in performance. Saddle.....
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1975. First Edition. REVIEW copy with errata slip laid in. Covers several jazz musicians, styles, and influences. Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. A touch of foxing to the extremities. Jacket spine slightly faded, with light shelfwear. An attractive copy.
Burbank, CA: Otto Preminger Films, 1959. Vintage keybook studio photograph of Lee Remick with Jimmy Stewart and Duke Ellington at the piano from the 1959 film. Based on the 1958 novel by John D. Voelker, under the pseudonym Robert Traver, which he based on a real life case of a veteran accused of killing a local man who he believed.....
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. First Edition. Basis for the 1977 film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert DeNiro and Liza Minelli. Lacking the remainder mark that is nearly always found on this title. Scarce thus. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Slight lean, light foxing to the top page edge. Jacket spine lightly toned, light.....
N.p. N.p., 1934. Vintage press photograph of big band singer and actress Leah Ray relaxing at the pool at the West End Casino in Long Branch, NJ. With a mimeo snipe tipped on the verso, dated "6/23/34," partially obscuring a credit stamp for the Acme photo bureau, and a second "N.E.A." reference department stamp dated "June 29, 1934." 10 x 8.....
N.p. Pennebaker Productions, 1961. Vintage photograph with wide bottom margin from the set of the 1961 film showing Louis Armstrong performing in the midst of a listening audience. Two American Jazz musicians, Ram Bowen (Paul Newman) and Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier), are living in Paris and fall in love with two vacationing young American girls, Lillian (Joanne Woodward) and Connie (Diahann.....
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. First Edition. Boldly SIGNED by Sonny Rollins in black marker on the front endpaper, along with a small doodle of a sixteenth note couplet. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Full provenance available.
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1966. Vintage photograph from the 1966 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. Rooks' first film, a semi-autobiographical account of a man who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. With cameos by a virtual who's-who of counterculture figures of the time, including Allen Ginsberg (as "Messiah"), William S. Burroughs (as "Opium Jones"), Ravi Shankar.....
London: Studio Vista, 1970. First UK Edition, preceding all others. A historical examination of the interrelationship between white and African American folk music traditions. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light foxing to the top page edge, with faint offsetting to the front and rear endpapers. Jacket is lightly toned overall, with faint scratches to the front panel.
N.p. N.p., 1973. Original flyer for a performance by Carlos Santana and Mahavishnu John McLaughlin at the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, MI on August 31, 1973. The two guitar greats released their legendary collaborative album "Love Devotion Surrender" the month prior to the issuance of this flyer, representing a brief tour that lasted through March of the following year.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1990s. Three vintage photographs of blues harmonica player Charlie Sayles, circa 1990s. Two photographs show Sayles on stage, the third shows him posing backstage with his unidentified backing band. After learning to play harmonica in Vietnam, Sayles decades as a traveling musician, more often than not performing on the streets to earn food, where he developed his.....
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1977. Vintage one-sheet poster, Style B, for the 1977 film. Two musicians, played by Minnelli and DeNiro, meet and begin a tumultuous partnership both on- and offstage. The film follows the downfall of their relationship and their subsequent rises to musical fame. Scorsese's first film after "Taxi Driver," and a significant departure from the darkness.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1956. Vintage studio still photograph of the American R&B and jump blues musical group The Treniers from the 1956 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures Corp. stamp on verso. Rock and Roll star Arnie Haines (Alan Dale) returns home to the town of Melondale, which banned Rock and Roll music, and with the help of.....
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Germany: Filmverleih Die Lupe, 1960. German poster for the original release of the legendary 1960 jazz documentary, set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, shot in high style by commercial and fashion photographer Bert Stern. In addition to the iconic figures noted on the poster, the film also features Theolonious Monk, Jimmy Giuffre, Dinah Washington, Chuck Berry.....
London: Studio Vista, 1970. First UK Edition, preceding all others. A critical discussion of early female blues singers, including Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Faintly foxed to the page edges, with a slight spine lean. Jacket is lightly rubbed, with slight creasing to the top edge of the front panel and a faintly.....
Philadelphia: The African American Historical and Cultural Museum, 1987. Original program for the "Jazz 'Live' events" concert featuring the avant garde Henry Threadgill Sextet held at the African-American Historical and Cultural Museum on 7th and Arch Streets in Philadelphia on August 29th, 1987 at 8 and 10 PM. 7 x 8.5 inches folded, single leaf, printed on both recto and.....
Philadelphia: The African American Historical and Cultural Museum, 1986. Original program for the kickoff concert for the 1986 season of "Jazz 'Live' events" held at the African-American Historical and Cultural Museum on 7th and Arch Streets in Philadelphia on April 25th, 1986 at 8 and 10 PM. The fifth season of jazz events at the museum kicked off with what.....
London: Daily Mirror, 1953. Vintage photograph of Sarah Vaughan, circa 1953. Two mimeo snipes, one in English and one French, announcing Vaughan's arrival in London, dated "21-1-53" and "20/1/53" respectively. English "Daily Mirror" and French "Coordination" stamps on verso. Vaughan, advertised as "The Voice of the Century," performed at the Royal Albert Hall on January 31 and February 22, 1953. 8.25.....
New York: Oxford University Press, 1959. First Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light fading and bumping at the extremities, and a touch of offsetting at the endpapers. Jacket spine moderately faded, with light rubbing and a few tiny chips and tears at the extremities. Contributions by Ernest Amerset (prologue, "Sidney Bichet"), Guy Waterman (essay.....
Tokyo: Shinko Music Publishing Company, 2001. First Edition. With the uncommon pale blue wraparound belly band. Profusely illustrated in color photos throughout. Text in Japanese. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket and Fine belly band.