Impetus Publications, 1979. Stapled Magazine. Entire magazine is creased due to its having been folded in three (presumably for carrying a pocket or bag). Also cover has some rubbing, small stains, & scratches to surface. Internally clean. Staples remain sound. What this copy lacks in exterior beauty, this issue makes..... More
Impetus Publications, 1977. Stapled Magazine. (Eight & 1/2-inch x 11 & 3/4-inch) Clean, bright. Very good+/fine overall. Slightly bruised top & bottom corner of spine edge. Else remarkably well persevered. Page(s) 269/270 is not completly cut at lower right corner during production. It is folded, so it does not stick..... More
Impetus Publications, 1978. Stapled Magazine. (Eight & 1/2-inch x Eleven & 3/4-inch) Some rubbing, light wear at edges. Clean, sound, without internal markings. Very good+ overall. (44 pp.). More
W. W. Norton, April 2007. Trade Paperback. Louis Armstrong's New Orleans interweaves a searching account of early twentieth-century New Orleans with a narrative of the first twenty-one years of Armstrong's life. Drawing on a stunning body of first-person accounts, this book tells the rags-to-riches tale of Armstrong's early life and..... More
Let's Dance Corp, January 1984. First Edition. Cloth. Folio in jacket. Black cloth with gold lettering on spine. There is a short note from Let's Dance publishing regarding the index on pink paper laid in. Clean, solid & without notes or markings or stains. More
Ravan Press, January 1985. Paper Back. More
University of Chicago Press, May 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. The club is run-down and dimly lit. Onstage, a black singer croons and weeps of heartbreak, fighting back the tears. Wisps of smoke curl through the beam of a single spotlight illuminating the performer. For any music lover, that image captures..... More
St Martins Pr, November 1997. Hardcover. Once a thriving body of innovative and fluid music, jazz is now the victim of destructive professional and artistic forces, says Eric Nisenson. Corruption by marketers, appropriation by the mainstream, superficial media portrayal, and sheer lack of skill have all contributed to the demise..... More
Franklin Watts, September 1994. Trade Paperback. People whose power, influence, or perseverance have changed the world are the subjects of these candid biographies, which stress the impact of these individuals on the course of 20th-century events. Each book includes a bibliography and an index.Ellington's happy childhood, his music apprenticeship, the..... More
Da Capo Pr, April 1993. Oversize Softcover. From the earliest riverboat jazz to Dizzy Gillespie's Hep-Sations of 1945, Swing Out is the story of the great black dance bands who dazzled America for over 40 years. Included are stories of the greats: how Fletcher Henderson would become so hypnotised by..... More
Doubleday, July 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. This is not a beautiful copy: boards are rubbed, soiled, even a tad warped. Jacket is interiorly taped repaired, soiled and chipped. But it is INSCRIBED BY DIZZY GILLESPIE TWICE: 'To Brenda, Love Dizzy Gillespie' and 'To Pete, Ciao! Dizzy Gillespie' on the front..... More
Backbeat Books, November 2006. Hardcover. Dark Magus is a warts-and-all look at the real Miles Davis. As told by his son, this book strips away the public perception of Davis and gets down to the realities of his personality, his relationships, and his many quirks. Dark Magus details this enigmatic..... More
buddy's knife jazzedition, August 2008. Paper Back. Poetry. African American Studies. There is a fine line between self-emancipation and existential oblivion, as the life of Henry Grimes and the poems of SIGNS ALONG THE ROAD clearly illustrate. A master bassist who played with the likes of Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk..... More
Collier Books, 1974. Trade Paperback. More
Stein & Day Pub, February 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Cream boards with embossed gold lettering. Blue cloth spine lettered in gold. Light shelf wear on the jacket with a few tiny edge cuts. Mylar wrapped to preserve. Light foxing on the edges of the print block. More
Da Capo Press, August 1994. Trade Paperback. Sarah Vaughan, brought vividly to life in this definitive biography, possessed the most spectacular voice in jazz history. In Sassy, Leslie Gourse, the acclaimed biographer of Nat King Cole and Joe Williams, defines and celebrates Vaughan's vital musical legacy and offers a detailed..... More
Franklin Watts, September 1999. Hardcover. This series meets National Curriculum Standards for: Social Studies: Culture. More
Duell, Sloan and Pearce, January 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Some edge chipping and a couple of closed tears (both less than one inch) on the jacket. Foxing on the jacket, edges of the print block and the endpapers. Price sticker on the front jacket flap. Name in pen on the..... More
Little Brown, January 1971. First American. Hardcover. More
Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, January 1976. Cloth. Moderate shelf wear on the jacket. Some light fingerprints on the black cloth boards. More
NYRB Classics, February 2016. Trade Paperback. Hailed as an "American counter-culture classic, " this "funny" and candid musical memoir offers a delicious glimpse into the 1930s jazz scene (The Wall Street Journal) Mezz Mezzrow was a boy from Chicago who learned to play the sax in reform school and pursued..... More
Oxmoor House, June 1990. Hardcover. More
Da Capo Press, January 1975. Trade Paperback. The names of Nat Hentoff and Albert J. McCarthy have become almost synonymous with jazz writing. Hentoff, editor of Jazz Review, writer for Downbeat, High Fidelity, New Yorker, and the Village Voice, and McCarthy, editor of Jazz Monthly, have raised jazz beyond mere..... More
Times Books, November 2002. Trade Paperback. A connoisseur's tour through the great American art form "A Love Supreme. Miles Ahead. Brubeck Time. Yardbird Suite. The Sidewinder." For newcomers just beginning their library of recordings, and for longtime fans looking to deepen their understanding, "New York Times" jazz critic Ben Ratliff..... More
Da Capo Press, January 2004. Trade Paperback. Ray Charles is one of the most gifted and influential musicians of our century. By combining gospel, jazz, blues, and country, he helped invent what would become known as soul. An "unsparingly personal document that bears a striking resemblance to Ray Charles sitting..... More
