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New York: GAC-Super Productions, 1959. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. (24)pp; illustrated throughout from photographs, some full-page. Bound in pictorial wrappers, 12.75" x 9.75" This concert tour program features Ahmad Jamal and Dakota Staton as well as Benny Goodman and his Orchestra. [Unrecorded by WorldCat.].

New York: Columbia Records, 1953. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. (24)pp; illustrations from photographs throughout, some full-page. Text includes "The Benny Goodman Story" by Hal Webman, "The Louis Armstrong Story," "The Fletcher Henderson Fund" by John Hammond, and brief biographies and photographs of all of the musicians. Bound in pictorial stiff wrappers, 12" x 9" The Benny Goodman portion of the concert includes Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa, Charles Shavers, Ziggy Elman, Georgie Auld, Willie Smith, and Helen Ward. The Armstrong All Stars featured Louis on trumpet, Joe Bushkin-piano, Cozy Cole-drums, Arvell Shaw-bass, Barney Bigard-clarinet, Trummy Young and Vernon Brown-trombone, Velma Middleton-vocalist. [WorldCat locates three holdings of this fine program: Newberry Lib, U Missouri, McGill.].

New Rochelle: Arlington House, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Four volumes. pp: xl, 2642. Contains some 30,000 entries. Bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering on spines and covers, printed dust jackets. 9.5" x 6.25" Includes two volumes of biographies, one of music year by year, and one of indices to songs, performers, and musicals. Covers the contributions of singers, band leaders, musicians, arrangers, composers and lyricists of popular music and jazz as well as some 1,200 film musicals and some 1,500 Broadway musicals (casts, songs, etc.).

Northampton, MA: s.n., 1900. Original document. Fine. Printed in display type on tan stock, 11" x 6.25". In part: "April 18...That Sensational Canadian Orchestra 'The Ja-mo-kas' with Fred Sheppard, the 'Wonder Drummer,' formerly with the Black and White ....Frisco and Exhibition Dancing by Sambo Drake and Partner of Hartford .... April 19... Celebrate This Holiday (Patriot's) by Dancing in Parsons' Hall...the Black & White with Chapman Himself at the Piano, Sullivan whom we all Know on the Violin, and their New Drummer. Together with their other Four Kings of Jazz .... April 20...'Carnival Dances' and 'Balloon Balls' always mean a big Crowd .... Qua's Seven Piece Novelty Orchestra .... Always Dancing 8 to 12, Admission 55 cents." [Unrecorded by WorldCat.].

Tokyo, Japan: Graphic-sha, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 157pp; illustrated throughout in color. Text in English and Japanese. Bound in lithographed boards (rather than the usual card covers), acetate wrapper. 12" x 9" Daver's 48-page introduction gives an overview of David Stone Martin's work, along with some biographical data and an essay on "Jazz in Pen and Ink." The illustrations are 58 full-page portraits of jazz musicians and 48 pages of record-album covers (averaging five or six per page), all painted in color by David Stone Martin. Printed on the flyleaf: "This copy is one of a private edition limited to 150 copies, published in Tokyo on the 25th of February 1991 and has been signed here by David Stone Martin [and] Manek Daver." Both signatures are clear and bold. On the title-page is a four-line presentation inscription in blue ink, signed by Manek Daver and dated at Tokyo, February 25, 1991.

NY: Barton Music, 1945. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Orchestration of this song, including charts for: baritone sax, 2nd trumpet, 2nd trombone, 3rd trumpet, 3rd trombone, tenor sax, and first violins. Original horizontal fold. 14" x 10.5" The cover sheet, printed in red on white stock, includes a group photo of The Four Freshmen and is signed in green ink: "Best of Luck, The Four Freshmen." The original members of this jazz-vocal quartet were: Ken Albers (1924-2007), Don Barbour (1927-1961), Ross Barbour (born 1928), and Bob Flanagan (born 1926). Their sound survives to this day, performed by a talented cover group.

New York: Program Publishing Co, 1947. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. (16)pp; illustrated throughout from photographs, some full-page. Includes: "The Story of Duke Ellington" (running text); "Farewell to Jazz Fakers" by Duke Ellington; "Duke Ellington - Musical Pioneer" by Leonard Feather, plus Feather's notes on the concert program. Bound in pictorial yellow wrappers, 12" x 9" The concert program: Jazz Accelerando; Bojangles; Creole Love Call; You Name It; Liberian Suite; Resume; Songs by Lu Eliot; Violet Blue; The History of Jazz in Three Minutes; Songs by Albert Hibbler; Duke Ellington at the Piano. Personnel: Trumpets--Al Killian, Ray Nance, Harold Baker, Nelson Williams, David Burns; Trombones--Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn, Quentin Jackson; Reeds--Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Jimmy Forrest; Rhythm--Duke Ellington, piano; Sonny Greer, drums; Wendell Marshall, bass. Vocals--Albert Hibbler, Kay Davis, Lu Eliot.

NY: Robbins Music, 1954. Early edition. Softcover. Very Good. 23pp. Contains piano music to 10 tunes as played by Shearing: Laura; Once in A While; Street of Dreams; Sweet and Lovely; That Old Feeling; and 5 more. Bound in pictorial stiff wrappers with a cover photo of Shearing at the piano. 12" x 9

London: Harold Davison, 1962. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 16pp; illustrations from photographs, four full-page. Includes two essays (6pp) on George Shearing and Joe Williams, by Benny Green. Bound in pictorial orange wrappers, 10.5" x 8.25

London: Animated Graphic, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 18pp; illustrated from photographs. Contains Benny Green's programme notes on all the musicians named above, along with full-page and candid photos of them. In addition to the brass players, four sax men mellowed the concert: Ronnie Scott, Ronnie Ross, Danny Moss, and Art Ellefson. Bound in pictorial blue wrappers, 10" x 8.25

London: Harold Davison, 1970. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 18pp; illus from photographs. Contains a biography of Harry James, along with a list of the personnel in his big band. Includes several full-page photographs of James and others of Sonny Payne, his featured drummer, and vocalists Cathy Chemi and Glenn Raye; display ads for Jazz Expo, the American Folk, Blues & Gospel Festival, etc. 10" x 8.25

London: Harold Davison, 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 36pp; illustrated throughout from photographs. Includes extensive biographical and career notes on the performers, by Benny Green. Bound in printed stiff wrappers, 10" x 8.25". One vertical crease. The musicians: Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Ginger Johnson, Muddy Waters, Horace Silver, The Stars of Faith, Red Norvo, Ronnie Scott, Gary Burton, Curtis Jones, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, T-bone Walker, Big Joe Williams, Earl Hines, Benny Carter, Budd Johnson, Ruby Braff, Barney Kessel, The Alex Welsh Band, Count Basie, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Stan Tracey, and others.

London: Stoll Theatre, 1956. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8pp; illustrated from photographs. Bound in printed wrappers, 10" x 8" The programme for all three units is printed as the centerspread. Laid into this copy is a handwritten (pencil) set list of 19 tunes. The final one, "Swing in the Blues," calls for guitar, bass, drums and trumpet. Hymphrey Lyttelton's aggregation was the only one listing a guitar man, so we conclude that this set list was compiled by Humphrey or one of his men.

London: Harold Davison, 1956. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 16pp; illustrated throughout from photographs, some full-page. Includes a feature on Hamp's life and career. In addition to Hampton on vibraharp, piano and drums, the orchestra for this gig included: Eddie Chamblee & Elsie Smith, tenor sax; Slide Hampton, trombone; Eddie and Dick Williams, trumpets; Scoville Brown, clarinet; William Mackel, guitar; Mamie Watts, "the original Rock and Roll girl" & Robert Mosely, vocals; and others. Bound in pictorial wrappers, 10.5" x 8.25

Malibu, CA: Manhattan Transfer, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 16pp; illustrated throughout from color photographs. Bound in color-pictorial stiff wrappers, 13" x 9.75". [Image shown cuts off margins of program.]. This large-format concert souvenir contains lots of performance shots and individual close-ups of the extremely talented and entertaining jazz-vocal group: Tim Hauser, Cheryl Bentyne, Janis Siegel, and Alan Paul.

London: National Jazz Federation, 1959. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 20pp; illustrated throughout from photographs. Contains a Max Harrison essay on the MJQ and their music, along with biographical sketches and portraits of each of the musicians, 7.5" x 10" Lewis founded the Modern Jazz Quartet in 1952. Connie Kay replaced the original drummer, Kenny Clarke, in 1956. Some remember it as a sad day for jazz when the group disbanded in 1974.

NY: Mills Music, 1937. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 32pp; some pages are misnumbered. Contains piano music for 10 tunes, the original arrangement of each precedes the Shep Fields' Rippling Rhythm arrangement. Included are: Ain't Misbehavin; Dinah; Stormy Weather; Just Try to Picture Me Down Home in Tennessee; Mary Lou; Broadway Rose; and four more. The cover shows a close-up of Shep Fields against a blue-and-white background. 12" x 9

1986. Original edition. Framed. Very Good. Broadside, printed in black and white. Large photo of Hampton in tux, posed over his vibraphone. Laid into a black, plastic frame, glazed. Image, 22" x 17". Frame, 25" x 18.5" Inscribed in blue ink, upper left: "Good-Luck / To Andy Scotty / Lionel / Hampton.

London: Robert Hale, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 119pp, index; 13pp illus from photographs. Bound in pictorial boards, dust jacket. 8" x 5.25" This first book on the subject traces the history of skiffle from its slave and jazz roots through the 1950s. The second part of the book is a how-to for forming a skiffle band as well as a look at the "origins, progress and personalities" of Britain's most popular skiffle bands.

Camden, NJ: RCA, 1941. First Editions. Softcover. Very Good. Leaflets dated: December 1939, April 1940, January 1941. Featuring recordings by the popular orchestras of: Freddy Martin, Ozzie Nelson, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Charlie Barnet, Jelly-Roll Morton, Sammy Kaye, Hal Kemp, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, and others. Includes photos of most. These 6.25" leaflets open to 13.5", 17", and 20" and each is printed in a different color. The cover of the first leaflet is lightly soiled.