Horn of Plenty - INSCRIBED TO WILD BILL DAVISON
by Armstrong, Louis. (1901–1971) [Goffin, Robert. (1898–1984)]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
Robert Goffin and Armstrong were close friends and although the volume is credited to Goffin, the later publication of his notebooks makes amply clear that he was in fact acting as Armstrong's paid amanuensis, much of the included material being drawn from Armstrong's own manuscript autobiography. 'Wild' Bill Davison (1906 - 1989) was a fiery jazz cornet player who emerged in the 1920s and is best remembered for his association with the bandleader Eddie Condon, with whom he worked and recorded from the mid-1940s through to the 1960s. Between 1924 and his death, Davison made about 800 recordings, saying at age 76 that "I'll go on playing until my teeth drop out." Louis Armstrong once told him "If anything ever happens to me, I know you can keep on doing what I'm doing." (NY Times Obituary, November 16, 1989) There is no second "d" in Bill's name which makes Armstrong's inscription in the present volume even more endearing.
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- Bookseller
- Schubertiade (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10171
- Title
- Horn of Plenty - INSCRIBED TO WILD BILL DAVISON
- Author
- Armstrong, Louis. (1901–1971) [Goffin, Robert. (1898–1984)]
- Book Condition
- New Used; Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Used; Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Allen, Towne & Heath, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Book :: Jazz
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