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N.p.: N.p., 1951. Collection of 35 small format vernacular photographs of members of the Cecil Young Quartet, including three of Sarah Vaughan, circa 1951. Thirty-one photographs show Young and bandmates Gerald Brashear, Jimmie Rodgers, and Traff Hubert, one photograph shows Young, Rodgers, and Hubert backstage, and three photographs show Vaughan, likely backstage at the Birdland Jazz Club, where the quartet opened for Vaughan in 1951. "The swingin'est Bop I've ever heard" is how Nat King Cole described the Cecil Young Quartet, who exploded onto the Seattle jazz scene in 1950. Young formed the quartet in 1950 alongside tenor saxophonist and bongo player Gerald Brashear, drummer Jimmie Rodgers, and bassist Traff Hubert. Recordings of the quartet's 1951 gigs at the Metropolitan Theatre and the Ladies Music Club got the attention of King Records' Sid Nathan, who quickly signed the act and released their 1951 debut album "A Concert of Cool Jazz." The album did well throughout the Seattle area,… Read More

Los Altos, CA: Carlyle Productions / Columbia Pictures, 1959. Two vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1959 film, one showing Duke Ellington working on the film score, and the other showing Ellington laughing with Billy Strayhorn. Carlyle Productions stamps on the versos. The first major Hollywood film to feature a score by an African American composer. Composed by Ellington and Strayhorn and performed by Ellington's Orchestra, the score won three Grammy Awards in 1959. Based on the 1958 novel by judge John D. Voelker (writing under the pseudonym Robert Traver), based on a real life case of a veteran accused of killing a local man whom he believed raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Michigan. One 8 x 10 inches, the other 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US.

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 in 1959 including Best Sound Track Album. 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 raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor for Jimmy Stewart, and twice for Best Supporting Actor for George C. Scott and Arthur O'Connell. Set in and shot on location in Michigan. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, very light creasing. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US.… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1959. Vintage photograph of Lee Remick and Duke Ellington on the set of the 1959 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. The first major Hollywood film to feature a score by an African American composer. The jazz score, composed by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and performed by Ellington's Orchestra, won three Grammy Awards in 1959. Based on the 1958 novel by judge John D. Voelker (writing under the pseudonym Robert Traver), based on a real life case of a veteran accused of killing a local man whom he believed raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Michigan. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, lightly faded, with a hint of creasing at the corners. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US.

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 raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor for Jimmy Stewart, and twice for Best Supporting Actor for George C. Scott and Arthur O'Connell. Set in and shot on location in Michigan. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with some light edgewear. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US.

Burbank, CA: Otto Preminger Films, 1959. Vintage photograph of Lee Remick, Duke Ellington and Jimmy Woode rehearsing on the set of the 1959 film. The first major Hollywood film to feature a score by an African American composer. The jazz score, composed by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and performed by Ellington's Orchestra, won three Grammy Awards in 1959. Based on the 1958 novel by judge John D. Voelker (writing under the pseudonym Robert Traver), based on a real life case of a veteran accused of killing a local man who he believed raped his wife. Nominated for seven Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Michigan. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, very light creasing. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Criterion Collection 600. Penzler 101. Spicer US. Grant US. Selby US.

N.p.: N.p., 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 entertainment as a means of coping, hundreds of of female dance bands sprang up to fill the need. Woefully their memory has largely been lost to history, alongside many other women who took other jobs that were traditionally considered "men's work." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

New York: The Afro-Arts Cultural Center / The Bureau of Continuing Education, 1970. Vintage flyer for the four-day arts festival, held to benefit the Harlem Jazz Music Center, April 23-26, 1970, at the Mary McLeod Bethune School in New York. The festival opened with a performance by the Society of Black Composers, a group founded in 1968 and whose members included David Baker, Marion Brown, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, and Oliver Nelson, and closed with a screening of a series of jazz films and a performance by The Afro-American Singing Theatre, a collective of singers who performed jazz-opera improvisations. 11 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine.

Chicago: Alligator Records, 1970. 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.

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Collection of nine vintage oversize photographs taken at the Music Inn of Stockbridge, Massachusetts in the 1950s. Each photograph SIGNED by photographer Clemens Kalischer on the verso. Included are stunning photographs of Max Roach, Ornette Coleman, Mahalia Jackson, Count Basie, Gunther Schuller, Dave Brubeck, Chuck Israels, Mona Neves, and Ran Blake. Founded in 1950 by Stephanie and Philip Barber, the venue was created as a center for the performance and study of jazz. While greeted with lukewarm enthusiasm by the local townspeople, the invitation-only space quickly gained popularity among both white and Black poets, musicians, and artists. Participants could watch jazz and blues performances, stay the night, and discuss the performances the next morning. Luminaries such as Langston Hughes, Mahalia Jackson, John Lee Hooker, Leon James, Al Minns, and John Mohegan were counted among the attendees of the venue's regular roundtable discussions. The Barbers decided to open the… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Archive of 19 photographs of mid-century jazz and blues icons by noted jazz photographer Burt Goldblatt, all but one with his credit stamp on the verso. Included are photographs of Wes Montgomery, Woody Herman (4), Ron Carter, Dexter Gordon, Lionel Hampton (2), Johnny Hodges, Milt Jackson (2), "Cannonball" Adderley, Maxine Sullivan, Nat Adderley (2), Bud Freeman, Monk Montgomery, Buddy Montgomery, Phil Woods, and others. Goldblatt is known for his photographic work for album covers from the late 1950s to 1960s. His credits include photo artwork for LPs by Billie Holiday, Herbie Mann, Carmen McCrae and others. 18 of the photographs with Goldblatt's stamp on the verso (in various stamp formats over a 30-year period), all from his archive. 18 of the photographs approximately 8 x 10 inches, 2 approximately 5 x 7 inches. Very Good to Near Fine, one with a vertical crease (Phil Woods). Please note: copying for re-sale is illegal and no commercial rights are included in the sale of… Read More

N.p.: Alfa Film, 1961. Four vintage borderless photographs from the 1961 film, including three photographs showing Louis Armstrong performing and one taken on the set, showing Armstrong with a fan. A little-known German comedy featuring Armstrong and His All Stars performing four songs. Set and shot on location in West Germany. Two photographs 6.75 x 5 inches, and two photographs 5 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine.

New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1969. First Edition. 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.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964. Collection of seven vintage studio still photographs of musician Ray Charles in performance from the 1964 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.

N.p.: N.p., 1965. 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.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1959. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs from the 1959 film. A detective tracks down a beatnik responsible for a string of sexual assaults. Featuring appearances by musicians Louis Armstrong, Ray Anthony, Dick Contino, and Billy Daniels. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall, one with a short closed tear to the right edge with accompanying creasing.

San Rafael, CA: Insight Editions, 2004. First Edition. Folio. First Edition, one of 450 copies (this being No. 250) SIGNED by the photographer and including a signed photographic print. A collection of photographs taken by Dick Waterman throughout his long association with the blues as a writer, promoter, and founder of Avalon Productions, the first booking agency to specifically represent blues acts. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Waterman's photographs held at the Govinda Gallery in Washington, DC in November 2003. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Photograph Fine. Housed in a Fine publisher's slipcase.

Tunbridge Wells: Spellmount, 1987. First Edition. 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 rear panel.

Chessington: Castle Communications, 1996. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers, with light adhesive residue on the top right corner of the front wrapper.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997. First Edition. First Edition. A survey of the iconic jazz label's famous album covers, with a foreword by Ruth Lion, the wife of Blue Note co-founder Alfred Lion. Very Good plus in wrappers with French flaps, lightly faded on the spine, with light wear at the spine ends.