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1i7571G & L Rauch Schallplatten-Vertrieb Kassel um 1958 - 1970. Ca. 220 S. mit den original Schallplatten-Cover Leinenalbum mit goldgeprägtem Titel "Jazz" und Impressum quart OHNE die Schallplatten. - darunter: Greenwich Village Jazz at the Club Bohemia von Randy Weston und Cecil Payne/ Chet Baker in Milan/ Chet Baker with Fifty Italian Strings/ Bombastica! The Werner-Rosengren Swedish Jazz Quartet/ Guitar Groove Rene Thomas Quintet/ Out of this world Walter Benton Quintet with Wynton Kelly Paul Chambers Freddy Hubbard/ Tough Tenors the Johnny Griffin and Eddie Lockjaw Davis Quintet/ Art Pepper Gettin together! with an all-star rhyrhm secrion Wynton Kelly Paul Chambers & Jimmie Cobb plus Conte Candoli/ Wes Montgomery Movin Along with James Clay Victor Feldman Sam Jones Louis Hayes uvm. / größtenteils mit handschriftlichen Informationen über die Songs auf der Rückseite des jeweiligen Covers - unknown
4d3155_SVerschiedene Verlage und Orte 1963-1978. In Original-Covern quart teils leichte Gebrauchsspuren. - sonst gute Exemplare / Enthalten: Charlie Byrd - Latin Byrd 2 LPs / Dave Brubeck - Gone with the wind / Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits; Produced by Teo Macero / Spirituals - The heavenly sound of Negro Spirituals. Sung by Hugh E. Porter & His Gospel Singers / Schnuckenach Reinhardt Quintet - Live / The very best of Django Reinhardt from Swing to Bop. His best Recordings from 1935 - 1953 2 LPs / Barber's Best - Chris Barber's Jazzband with Ottilie Patterson. Lazy River - Basin Street Blues - Blueberry Hill - I can't give you anything - But Love - King Kong u.a. / Giants of Dixieland. Lonesome - Elephant Stomp - Papa Dip - Berliner Luft - Sweet Sue - Baby won't you please come home / The Best of Sam Cooke / All-Star Festival. Louis Armstrong Maurice Chevalier Nat "King" Cole Bing Crosby Doris Day Ella Fitzgerald Mahalia Jackson Nana Mouskouri Patti Page Luis Alberto del Parana Edith Piaf Anne Shelton Caterina Valente / Ma Baker. Vocal Production / Dixie Party - Traditional Club of Bratislava / Fats Domino - Seine 20 größten Hits. 20 Originalaufnahmen / Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band. 1919 March - Weary Blues - Corrine Corrina - Bogalusa Strut - AI AI AI u.a. / Herbie Mann & The Family of Mann - Hold on I'm comin'. Recorded live at the 1972 New York & Montreux Jazz-Festivals / Dixie Jubilee. 25 years Dutch Swing College Band Leader: Peter Schilperoort. 12 original recording highlights / The Fats Domino Story 2 LPs / Herbie Mann Memphis Underground - That's Jazz / The Modern Jazz Quartet - Modern Jazz Quartet 2 LPs / Doldinger Jubilee. The Feetwarmers - Oskar's Trio - Klaus Doldinger Quartet - Paul Nero Sounds - Doldinger's Motherhood - Passport 3 LPs / Crosby Stills Nash and Young - So far / The Best of Ramsey Lewis / Ramsey Lewis - Pickup - unknown
1957206793New York 1957. Old horizontal fold barely detectable; fine and bright. Original handbill 6 x 9 in. printed on one side only in black red and yellow. Vintage boxing-style handbill for the Carnegie Hall dates of this 1957 tour featuring a dizzying array of Jazz stars headlined by Count Basie with Joe Williams Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan. Other performers included Jeri Southern Bud Powell Lester Young Zoot Sims Chet Baker Phineas Newborn Roy Haynes and others. unknown
1955206097Miami 1955. Handbill folded and a bit marked; very good. Printed handbill 5-1/2 X 10 in. printed on one side only; original admission ticket approx. 1-1/2 X 4-1/4 in perforated; with vintage newspaper clippings. Vintage promotional material and a review of this 1955 night of traditional Jazz at Miami's Dade County Auditorium. "Preacher" Rollo Laylan was a local fixture known for his mercurial and difficult personality and his history as a hard-swinging drummer in the mold of Gene Krupa. Condon then at the height of his domination of New York's 52nd Street came to Miami at Laylan's urging. His band comprised genuine all-stars of the old-time tradition including Pee Wee Russell George Wettling "Wild" Bill Davison and Walter Page. unknown
1574241087.Gunknown_binding. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1937206792Philadelphia: Pi Xi Fraternity 1937. Small stain at edge otherwise fine and fresh. Double sided handbill 6 x 9 in. printed on both sides. Original advertising handbill promoting the event at Philadelphia's Alcazar Ballroom Friday April 30th 1937. A colorful flyer featuring the caricature picture of the drummer-bandleader clad in a red tuxedo and swinging his sticks against a backdrop of flying musical notes. On the verso is "An Open Letter to the Dance Lovers of this City" touting the group as "America's Greatest Rhythm Band." After winning first prize at the famed Apollo Theatre's Amateur Night in 1934 at the age of seventeen Ella Fitzgerald was soon introduced to Webb and joined his band the following year. By 1937 she had become a mainstay of the group with her name being prominently highlighted in promotions. After Webb's early death in 1939 she carried on as leader of the band. An excellent evocation of the height of the Swing Era. Pi Xi Fraternity unknown
194213qqeNew York: Republic Music Corp. 1942. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed By Sammy Kaye. 8vo. Sammy Kaye 1910 - 1987 was an American bandleader and songwriter whose tag line "Swing and sway with Sammy Kaye" became one of the most famous of the Big Band Era. His signature tune was "Harbor Lights". A leader of one of the so-called "Sweet" bands of the Big Band Era he made a large number of records for the top labels including RCA Victor and Columbia. He was also huge on radio and on the concert touring circuit. Handsome set of this popular anthology compiled by the popular Big Band leader . Custom slipcase approx.6x9 inches and cloth covered with the original front label retained. Dust jackets have negligible chipping at the edges elsethe volumes are clean square sharp and tight. Both volumes are inscribed on the frontis by Sammy Kaye. Overall a very nice collectible set. Republic Music Corp. Hardcover
19662111902156002108Not Available 1966. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
192151295Scranton PA: International Textbook Co. 1921. Thick 8vo. vii 1 approx 450 pp sections separately paginated ix-xxi 1 pp. With 100s of text illustrations diagrams colour plates. Publisher’s three-quarter red buckram over green gilt lettering & ruling on spine marbled endpapers minor shelfwear dustsoiling to spine still VG copy. First editions of this very scarce and lavishly illustrated educational course on how to design construct and arrange window displays and floor displays of men and women’s clothing during the Jazz Age. Koerber 1871-1937 was an Hungarian-American designer and amazingly successful Display Manager for the Strawbridge & Clothier Department Store in Philadelphia at their five-story edifice flagship at Market & 8th. He emphasized and promoted the use of elaborate window displays with wax mannequins often with a particular theme and these needed to be constantly refreshed by the design department. In addition he highlighted the staging of merchandise on the floor such as putting men’s ties with their multi-coloured silks drawing shoppers to the men’s department and arranging women’s undergarments silks and evening wear in prominent positions to draw women further into specified sections. This work provides technical and practical information on wooden display forms flooring how to construct mannequins draperies holiday themes floor displays how to paint backdrops and more. The hundreds of photo images of window displays and floor displays provide an invaluable historical record for marketing during the Roaring 20s as well as offering a methodology of how these could be repeated and successful for other designers. Of particular interest is the extensive section on animatronics and motorized displays filled with information on lighting automatons and creating special effects. No copies located in Worldcat. International Textbook Co., hardcover
192182277New York: Palmetto Music Pub. Co 1921. First Edition. Slim quarto 30.5cm; original pictorial wrappers; 6pp. Moderate wear handling and dust-soil to wrappers some creases and edge-tears with inner spine-fold archivally reinforced with a patch of paper tape remnant to upper end of same; complete Good to Very Good.<br /> <br /> One of the earliest hits by African American songwriter and composer Thomas Henry Delaney 1889-1963. Born in Charleston SC he would eventually become one of the most popular jazz and blues composers on Tin Pan Alley. The front wrapper reproduces a photograph of Lucille Nelson Hegamin 1894-1970 backed by the band Albury's Blues and Jazz Seven. In 1920 she became the second African American blues singer to record following Mamie Smith and Perry Bradford's August 1920 recording of "Crazy Blues." She recorded "Jazz-Me Blues" in 1921 backed by her husband Bill and his band the Blue Flame Syncopators; thanks to her recording Delaney's song would go on to become a jazz standard. OCLC notes a scant 8 holdings. 82277. Palmetto Music Pub. Co unknown
1950List2914Unknown location 1950. 7 x 11 inch poster. Some small marginal tears overall excellent. A small poster for Pearl Bailey with the Louie Bellson Quartet presented by the United Service Organizations and Department of Defense. Bailey 1918–1990 was a singer dancer and actress; she started her career performing at Black nightclubs on the east coast and later performed in several Broadway hits including an all-Black version of Hello Dolly! Louie Bellson 1924–2009 was Bailey’s husband a composer bandleader and jazz drummer credited with inventing the double bass drum setup. Bailey toured regularly with the USO beginning in 1941 though this poster is likely from later; the DOD was called the Department of War until 1949 and the USO was inactive between 1945 and 1950. unknown
1930List2913Omaha Nebraska: The Metropolitan Press 1930. 14 x 21 ½ inch poster. Worn with marginal damage; very good plus. Nat Towles 1905–1963 was a jazz musician and bandleader from New Orleans. His band first called Nat Towles’ Creole Harmony Kings was a renowned territory band in Texas Oklahoma Kansas and Nebraska. They would later have residences in Omaha and Chicago and tour New York City. Offered here is a poster for the Nat Towles Orchestra at the Trianon Ballroom in Croweburg Kansas likely from the 1930s given the location and band name. Croweburg was a coal mining town—and a sundown town until 1912.1<br /> <br /> 1 “A.P.Roundtree Esq.†The Kansas Baptist Herald May 20 1912 1. The Metropolitan Press unknown
1938List3619New York: Mills Music Inc 1938. Folio sheet music illustrated pictorial wraps. 9 x 12 inches. 6 pp. including cover. Moderate creasing with small edge wear and light surface wear; a bright very good example. A visually striking promotional sheet music cover issued in connection with the Cotton Club revue Cotton Club Parade 1938 featuring large photographic portraits of Bill “Bojangles†Robinson and Cab Calloway wearing top hats against a bold orange background. The design incorporates lively vignette illustrations of musicians and dancers along the lower margin evoking the theatrical energy of Harlem nightclub revues of the late swing era.<br /> <br /> The song was written by the prolific Tin Pan Alley team Benny Davis and J. Fred Coots responsible for numerous popular songs of the 1920s and 1930s. The cover notes that the entire production was conceived and staged by Davis and Coots and prominently advertises the show as “featuring Bill Robinson and Cab Calloway†two of the most celebrated African-American entertainers of the period. Robinson already internationally famous for his stair-step tap dancing and film appearances was one of the highest-paid Black performers of the era. Calloway leader of the Cotton Club orchestra during the early 1930s had become one of the most recognizable bandleaders in jazz through his performances and recordings such as “Minnie the Moocher†which popularized the “hi-de-ho†call-and-response style referenced on the cover by the song “Hi-De-Ho Romeo.â€. Mills Music, Inc unknown
1910List2810San Francisco California 1910. Single photograph approximately 6 ½ x 9 inches manuscript verso reading “SF Barbary Coast 500 Block of Pacific â€THE SO DIFFERENT†now 550 Pacific Ave 1911â€. Appears to be trimmed from a larger photograph. Portion of image cut and pasted with editorial overpainting. Some damage to edges and corners with one tear at right middle some residue from pasting a now-missing object; overall very good. A photograph taken on Pacific Street in about 1910 showing a group of men standing by the curb in front of The Midway The Bear and The So Different nightclubs note that the sign for The Midway is pasted in. This block in Barbary Coast—â€Terrific Streetâ€â€”was home to a number of dance halls and early jazz clubs many of which like Purcell’s So Different Café were “black and tan†– catering to all races. Founded by former Pullman porters Lew Purcell and Sam King shortly after the neighborhood was rebuilt from the 1906 earthquake and fire Purcell’s was one of the better-known clubs. Influential ragtime and jazz pianist Sid LeProtti led the So Different Jazz band and King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton are among the alleged guest performers. Patrons could buy twenty-cent vouchers for a quick dance with one of the girls who worked and sometimes lived at the venue. Around 1913 though police began to crack down on drinking and dancing in the neighborhood and by the 1920s the venues were gone. unknown
1929List2808Sedalia Missouri 1929. 11 x 18 inches heavy cardstock. Manuscript note verso reads “Flor Alpino Vals / Vanderbeckâ€. Some staining and tears mainly marginal. Overall very good to excellent. An advertisement for a performance by the Original Eleven Clouds of Joy likely an iteration—of which there were many—of the popular Kansas City-based swing jazz band Clouds of Joy. The group was formed in 1921 by trumpeter Terrence Holder 1897–1983 and in 1929 was led by saxophonist Andy Kirk 1898–1992 and found success largely due to the arrangements and playing of Mary Lou Williams. They would tour the US through 1948 playing Kansas City-style jazz had the top song on the Billboard chart in 1938 and the first single to hit number one on Harlem Hit Parade in its inauguration in 1942 with the song “Take It and Git.†Contemporary newspaper accounts list the band as performing under the name “The Original Eleven Dark Clouds of Joy†during this period though the banner in the photograph here omits the word ‘dark.’ This poster represents an uncommon relic of the band’s early days touring regionally roughly a decade before they enjoyed national success. unknown
192659638Chicago IL: Crane Co. 836 S. Michigan Ave. 1926. 4to. 47 1 pp. With over 150 of colour illustrations & blueprint floor plans throughout Gray printed boards w/ black & blue lettering on front cover minor shelfwear very slight chipping at foot of spine faint rust to staples at gutter margin of text block still VG copy. First edition of this scarce catalogue emphasizing the importance of colour and the latest modern crane fixtures valves and fittings mixing their compact and graceful gleaming white enamel on iron units with fine marbles and flawless crystal. Each of the individual designs includes elevation drawings along with each wall illustrated as it would appear on the blueprints on the facing page for the floor plans. Some feature Greco-Roman or Pompeian design elements while others show vivid Art Deco influences. Worldcat locates 6 copies The Strong DLC Hagley MO Hist. Mus. Cincinnati Carnegie. Crane Co., 836 S. Michigan Ave., hardcover
193053742New York: Macmillan Company 1930. 8vo. 8 230 pp. Navy-blue publisher’s cloth gilt lettering minor rubbing to spine very minor shelfwear w/ d.j. printed on metallic silver coated paper Art Deco cover art of 1920s limousine and the well-dressed set in orange & black minor chipping to head & foot of spine very minor edgewear & creasing upper fore-edge couple very small closed tears w/ minor very small tape repair still a VG/VG- copy. First edition of this fast-paced novel set against the backdrop of a penniless Russian Prince exiled by the Revolution who makes a deal with a clever Chicago fashion buyer to act as chauffeur and purchase the sumptuous “Car of Croesus†rented at exorbitant rates to patrons wishing to appear as millionaires. Poole won the first Pulitzer Prize for The Family in 1918. Very scarce in the original dustjacket. Macmillan Company, hardcover
193058055Portland OR: Hollywood College of Music Dancing & Fine Arts Baker Studio Granada Studio La Vere Photo Shoppe Photo Craft Studios ca. 1930-1933. Oblong 4to. 24 original photographs all preserved in archival mylar sleeves sized 6.25 x 7 in. up to 8 x 10 in. some w/ photographer’s imprint w/in negative others w/ manuscript captions added a few w/ annotations and/or photographer’s instructions on versos all with bright strong contrast a few w/ offsetting from previous mounting on versos and one w/ very small pinholes at corners from prior mounting. Recent cloth binder stamping front cover excellent grouping. These photographs vividly document the dance and music studio operated by Annabelle Knowles reflecting the fast evolving costumes and aesthetics of the twilight of the Roaring 20’s as the U.S. descended into the Great Depression. These photos also clearly reflect the influence of Gus Edwards 1879-1945 vaudeville’s premier producer of kiddie acts and who had produced and released the shorts “Kiddie Revue†in 1930 and 1931. His influence was not only driven by his songs “By the Light of the Silvery Moon & “School Days†but also discovering such stars as Groucho Marx Eddie Cantor Mae Murray Sally Rand and many others. The images depict girls in two-piece outfits in front of Art Deco staging for “Body and Soulâ€; bare-backed girls in Flapper Era inspired costumes for chorus line “Kiddie Revueâ€; song and dance routines featuring Ronald Chetwood in top hat with Marcile Shillito Virginia Collins and chorus line in Jazz Age era costumes and canes; and several show Barbara Jane Wicks Shirley Jay Mulkey and Sunny Dentler in Spanish inspired costumes for “Baby Vanities.†Another shows adolescent boy and girl dance team in an “Apache†dance inspired costume number. The Hollywood College of Music Dance & Fine Arts offered classes and instruction in all ages with the last few photos showing teenage girls in chorus line with short hair coquettish expressions and teamwork or chorus line numbers. Annabelle Knowles 1900-1989 was a musician and dancer who founded the Hollywood College of Music Dancing & FIne Arts at 4112 NE Sandy Blvd. some time in the late 1920’s. Most of the street directory references focus on 1929-1932 and her British-America theatre-director husband at the time Vincent Knowles 1883-1944 worked at the studio as well. Baker 1882-1972 was a longtime commercial studio photographer in Portland OR who had initially begun as a photographer with noted tourist travel guide Howard Eaton photographing tours through National Pakrs. Beem 1892-1984 was founder and photographer at Granada Studio located in the 1930’s at 515 Swetland Building in Portland. Centlivere 1878-1964 owned and operated La Vere Photo Shoppe and Photo Craft Studios on Sandy Blvd. in Portland for nearly all of his career. We could find no similar collections or photographs or even references to Annabelle Knowles and very few examples of any of these three photography studios in institutional holdings. Hollywood College of Music, Dancing & Fine Arts, Baker Studio, Granada Studio, La Vere Photo Shoppe, Photo Craft Studios, hardcover
192358318New York: Arthur Murray 801 Madison Ave. 1923. 4to. 32 pp. Blue-tinted photo illustrations text diagram illustrations. Textured brown softcovers gilt lettering & decorative border on front cover yapp fore-edges minor soiling & fading front cover to lettering minor bumping to couple corners still a VG copy. First edition of one of the renowned dance studios’ instruction books after they opened their dance studio in New York in 1923 in conjunction with their struggling mail-order business. Murray pioneered dance instruction and dance schools to encourage exercise and build self-confidence and poise and was the first to broadcast live dance music on the radio in March 1920. Murray originated the idea of the “footprints†style of teaching dance now an Arthur Murray trademark and this book includes instructions for The Chasse Waltz the Tango foxtrot and The Cortez. Worldcat locates 4 copies w/ similar titles and different collations NYPL - 2 copies 51 & 24 pp. British Lib. 51 pp. BYU 63 pp. Arthur Murray, 801 Madison Ave., paperback
192447496Dayton OH: The Comer Manufacturing Co. 1924. Tall 8vo. 5.5 x 10.5 in. 36 pp. Numerous illustrations 4 colour plates 4 sepia-tinted plates 64 wool wool blend canvas linen leather cotton and patterned fabrics some treated w/ coating tipped-in occasional offsetting from samples either surrounding the sample or on facing leaves. Dark red printed softcovers decoration & lettering in orange & blue minor soiling some creasing still a VG- copy. First edition of this scarce salesman sample catalogue for men and women’s Jazz Age raincoats and overcoats in the mid-1920s. The company was founded before World War I by Charles E. Comer b. 1887 who quickly established the company as one of the largest manufacturers in Ohio of raincoats. The colour fashion plates are quite striking for the period and offer invaluable historical reference for the styles and weight of raincoats sold during the Flapper Era. Comer produced rubber-lined coats offered deals if you ordered two coats at once and also offered Mackinaws General Purpose coats Rubber rain slickers reversible coats and even waterproof aprons for housewives. This catalogue notes that they had just completed their new 40000 square foot and even offered waterproof luggage and garment bags. They were well known for advertising in labor magazines trade magazines and professional magazines constantly promoting their product and recruiting new salesmen. Worldcat locates only 1 copy Vol. 166. The Comer Manufacturing Co., paperback
192658100New York & Chicago: J.L. Taylor & Co. 1926. Thick elephant folio 17 x 23.25 x 2.5 ins. 75 3 pp. printed on thick card stock each mounted on linen hinge. With 17 colour fashion plates illustrating Taylor styles of the period verso of almost all pages with 364 of 375 mounted textile samples in wool wool-rayon blends some felt backed silk moleskin corduroy cashmere waistband sample and more -- all samples clearly marked with prices and availability some of the 12 missing samples are indicated in pencil as being “Out†as well as a few present 1 additional pinned-in numerous illustrations throughout in blue-green colour tinting including Chicago & New York factories some diagrams charts and graphs. Original half-green cloth over gray green cloth corners gilt lettering on front cover colour plate w/ J.L. Taylor tailor mounted front cover some wear & minor bumping to fore-edges corners some minor soiling & occasional foxing to interior leaves -- some of it dust from the wool samples 10-15 samples with minor deterioration and evidence of old predation still a very good unsophisticated and remarkably complete example w/ original 9 x 21 in. double-sided stock list in red & black laid-in. First edition of this scarce and unusually complete salesman sample catalogue for Jazz era men’s suits in 1928-1929. J.L. Taylor maintained a huge tailoring operation in both Chicago and New York until after World War II employing hundreds of tailors and seamstresses to fill orders. The catalogues were very expensive to produce and so were most often found in department stores mercantiles and men’s stores which would have these catalogues on the sales floor for two years or more. The catalogue offers invaluable illustrated historical reference for the colours styles and fabrics during the era of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Flappers. Most of the colour fashion plates illustrating the available styles have elegantly dressed women and settings in the background including with an emphasis on sporting in summer so golf tennis croquet canoeing boating and swimming all make an appearance. Of particular interest is the wonderful dress chart indicating styles needed clothes accessories and shoes which one would need for Day Wedding Matinee Reception Evening Dress and many others offering an excellent marketing opportunity for the store to sell the customer items to compliment his suits overcoats and other fashion wear ordered from J.L. Taylor. The final plate focuses on the lightweight “Palm Beach†& “Mohair†suits at the height of the 1920’s boom in Florida featuring snappily dressed models in Panama straw hats and a lightweight fedora. Worldcat locates 1 partial copy Preserved at the Library of Congress stripped of samples and used as scrapbook for Wilbur’s Drug Store prescriptions of Portland ME -- not an unusual occurrence. J.L. Taylor & Co., hardcover
197138867NY: ESP Disk 1971. Tabloid format 8 pp. printed on newsprint illustrated with a Gilbert Shelton character on the front. Paper tanned as would be expected with some loss to the folds and edges small light stain to middle front else a very good example. While we've had a few copies of the 1967 catalog and the more uncommon 'Special Complete Catalog" this one is new to us and were not aware of its existence until it threw itself over our transom. Though it originally existed to release Esperanto-based music starting with the release of Albert Ayler's Spiritual Unity ESP became the most important exponent of the burgeoning free jazz music scene of the time releasing records by such future greats as Sun Ra Frank Wright and Sunny Murray among others. Along with free jazz the label also produced music by Ed Sanders' band the Fugs the Lower East Side folk of the Holy Modal Rounders and the primitive proto-noise of the Godz. While never much of a commercial success for the musicians the label's philosophy of "The artists alone decide what you will hear on their ESP-Disk" led to the creation of a musical output that to this day wields a heavy influence. <br/><br/> ESP Disk unknown
84869Roosevelt NJ: by the Author c.1956. Quarto 37cm. Printed card portfolio holding twelve lithographic plates loose as issued. All lithographs are signed in plate; Martin has inscribed the portfolio "Jean and Sol Libsohn / David" undated. Very mild external toning and soil; Near Fine. Inside of portfolio is printed with a holiday sentiment and also a brief blurb from Alan Lomax commenting on the illustrations.<br /> <br /> Scarce portfolio of lithographic prints reproducing Martin's illustrations for Alan Lomax's Mr. Jelly Roll a biography of jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton published in 1956. Issued without imprint presumably printed as a Christmas gift to friends of the artist. This copy is inscribed to the photographer Sol Libsohn and his wife Jean who were Martin's neighbors in Roosevelt New Jersey a WPA town founded in 1939 which by the Fifties had become a destination for artists writers and musicians seeking refuge from but proximity to the New York art scene. Martin 1913-1992 was a noted mid-century illustrator known best for his many jazz album covers for Folkways and Blue Note in the Fifties and Sixties. Of the present portfolio we locate only a single copy in OCLC Pitt with no other example traced in commerce. unknown
200427319New York:: Oxford University Press 2004. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight unread copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket . In Django Michael Dregni offers a definitive portrait of this great guitarist. Handsome charismatic childlike and unpredictable Reinhardt was a character out of a picaresque novel. Born in a gypsy caravan at a crossroads in Belgium he was almost killed in a freak fire that burned half of his body and left his left hand twisted into a claw. But with this maimed left hand flying over the frets and his right hand plucking at dizzying speed Django became Europe's most famous jazz musician commanding exorbitant fees--and spending the money as fast as he made it. Dregni not only chronicles this remarkably colorful life--including a fascinating account of gypsy culture--but he also sheds much light on Django's musicianship. Oxford University Press, unknown
200829212New York:: Oxford University Press 2008. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight unread copy in a Fine bright dust jacket. This volume is a mixture of travelogue detective story and personal narrative tracing the history of Gypsy Jazz from its beginnings with Django Reinhardt in Paris in the 1930s up to the present practitioners capturing the history and culture of this elusive music that has grown in popularity in recent years. Illustrated with historic photographs. Oxford University Press, unknown
