JAZZ

New Albany, IN Jamey Aebersold 1984., 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial covers and contents near fine condition. 11" x 8.5" 71pp Issued as a play-along book & record set; the recording is not present. This instructional manual is built around eight tunes: Tippin' Time; Bye Bye Boston; Bossa for Cheryl; Fast Mode Al; Lady's Bounce; Scott's Waltz; Reflection; and Samba de Luvsme. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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New Albany, IN Jamey Aebersold 1988., 1988. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Paper covers and contents near fine condition. 11" x 8.5" pp: 51, (3) Issued as a play-along book & record set; the recording is not present. Contains chords and scale progressions in C, Bb, Eb, and bass clef for eight bebop tunes: Groovin' High; All the Things You Are; A Night in Tunisia; Afternoon in Paris; I'll Remember April; West Coast Blues; Bluesette; and High Fly. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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New Albany, IN Jamey Aebersold 1974., 1974. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial covers and contents near fine condition. 11" x 8.5" 32pp Issued as a play-along book & record set; the recording is not present. Contains explanatory text along with chord and scale progressions in C, Bb, Eb, and bass clef for blues and bebop tunes. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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New Albany, IN Jamey Aebersold 1979., 1979. Soft cover. Paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" pp: 39, (1) Contains detailed instructions and music to practice. Revised 5th Ed. Binding is original wraps. more information

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New Albany, IN Jamey Aebersold 1981., 1981. Soft cover. Pictorial covers and contents near fine condition. 11" x 8.5" 42pp Issued as a play-along book & record set; the recording is not present. Contains prefatory exercises, blues scales, and chord progressions we well as instructional text for two slow blues in G and F, two medium fast blues in Bb and F, one minor blues in C, one 6/8 blues in C minor, one medium tempo blues in C, three rock blues, and one blues using substitute chords in the key of F. 2nd Revised Ed. Binding is original wraps. more information

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New Albany, IN Jamey Aebersold 1987., 1987. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Paper covers and contents in very good condition. 11.5" x 8.75" 36pp Issued as a play-along book & record set; recording not present. Contains lyrics, melody lines, and chord symbols for eight jazz standards. Titles include: Sweet Georgia Brown; Poor Butterfly; Indian Summer; Too Marvelous for Words; and four more. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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NY: Fisher Thompson Music, 1920. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 4pp, words and music, in part: "Up in the Alpine Mountains many miles away, There lives a Tyrol lad he's feeling sad today...." 12" x 9 This is a typical coon shout and Jazz song. The verse is really intended to be used in coon shout style than sung legitimately. more information

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NY: Bregman, Vocco & Conn, 1939. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine. 6pp, words and music, in part: "We meet, And the angels sing. The Angels sing the sweetest song I ever heard...." The cover features Benny Goodman and his clarinet, with inset portraits of Johnny Mercer, and Ziggy Elman blowing trumpet. 12" x 9 more information

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London: Harold Davison, 1956. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 16pp; 3 full-page illus from photographs, and many others. Satchmo's All-Stars in this tour were: Trummy Young, Billy Kyle, Edmund Hall, Barrett Deems, Jack Lesberg, and Velma Middleton. Vic Louis and his Orchestra were also on the bill. 10.5" x 8.5 The former owner of this programme wrote the date of the concert (Tue. 8 March 56) on the cover. more information

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London: Harold Davison, Circa 1959. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 16pp; 4 full-page illus from photographs, and many others. Satchmo's All-Stars in this tour were: Trummy Young, Peanuts Hucko, Billy Kyle, Mort Herbert, Danny Barcelona, and Velma Middleton. Alex Welsh and His Band were also on the bill. 10.5" x 8.25 Armstrong is one of the few jazzmen of whom it can be truly said that "he needs no introduction. more information

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NY: Associated Booking, Circa 1960. Early edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 20pp; illus throughout from photographs. Armstrong's "concert group" for this appearance included Velma Middleton, Trummy Young, Peanuts Hucko, Billy Kyle, Danny Barcelona, and Mort Herbert. Hucko worked with Armstrong from 1958 to 1960. Faint dampmark at lower edge. 12" x 9 Signed on the cover: Satchmo / Louis Armstrong. more information

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NY: Leeds Music, 1957. First edition thus. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 4pp, words and music, in part: "I'm just a bad boy, All dressed up in fancy clothes, I'm takin' the trouble To blow my bubbles away...." 12" x 9 This tune was a big hit in 1957 for the New York City r&b group, The Jive Bombers. Lil (Hardin) Armstrong (Louis's second wife) had written it as "Brown Gal" in 1936 and recorded it with her swing band. The title was changed to "Bad Boy" late in 1956 when the Jive Bombers recorded it for Savoy Records. more information

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NY: Oxford University Press, 1984. First paperback edition. Printed wraps. Fine. pp: x, 197. Balliett, perceptive jazz critic for The New Yorker, here writes on Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, Ornette Coleman, Doc Cheatham, Erroll Garner, and 14 other musicians. 8" x 5.25". more information

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Boston Houghton Mifflin (1974)., 1974. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Book and dust jacket in very good condition. 8.75" x 6.25" printed dj pp: ix, 205 Contains ten intimate portraits of performers, mostly of jazz. Illustrated by 8 portraits from photos. 2nd printing edition. Binding is original cloth. more information

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London: National Jazz Federation, 1958. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. 12pp. Includes full-page portraits of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, drawn by Beryl, and a full-page photo of Chris Barber's Jazz Band, along with biographical essays, etc. 9" x 7 more information

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London: Harold Davison Ltd, 1962. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. 18pp; illus from photographs. Includes portraits and biographies of Count Basie, and an excellent account of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross with terrific photos. The essays are by Benny Green. A concert-goer pencilled in some of the tunes performed by both ensembles in the designated place on this programme. Also contains a rundown of the Basie Band personnel, and an illustrated ad for a series of UK concerts by Louis Armstrong & His All Stars. 10.5" x 8.25 more information

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London: Harold Davison Ltd, 1959. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 16pp; 4 full-page illus from photographs, others in text. Program notes by Keith Goodwin. Includes essays on Count Basie and Joe Williams, the concert set list, a brief accounts of the musicians and arrangers in the Basie unit. 10.5" x 8.25 more information

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NY: Bregman, Vocco and Conn, 1945. First edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 25pp. Contains a one-page biography and piano music to 12 Basie tunes, including: Avenue C; Jimmy's Blues; Jumpin' For Maria; Kansas City Stride; Feedin' The Bean; and seven more. 12" x 9 more information

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NY: Bregman, Vocco and Conn, 1941. First edition. pictorial wraps. Very Good. 32pp. Contains a one-page biography and piano music to 15 tunes, including: Basie Boogie; Basie Blues; Goin' to Chicago Blues; Roseland Shuffle; and 11 more. Four candid photos of Basie and his band are inset on the cover. 12" x 9 more information

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NY: Leeds Music, 1944. First edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 24pp. Contains a foreword on Count Basie, a page of basic instruction on playing boogie woogie, and piano music to six tunes recorded by Basie. 12" x 9 Contents: How Long, How Long Blues; Oh! Red; Red Wagon; The Dirty Dozens; The Fives; Pianotations. more information

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NY: Hill and Wang, 1960. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Good. pp: (ix), 245; 16pp illus from photographs. This autobiography comprises oral history, based on field recordings made by the great jazz clarinetist, and a discography of his recordings. The frontispiece portrait is by David Stone Martin. 8.5" x 5.5". more information

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London: VJM Records, 1965. First Edition. Staplebound Wraps. Good. 82pp, stencil-printed; lacks back cover. 10" x 8 Contains long lists of records wanted and records for sale by various individuals: vintage jazz, blues, swing, hillbilly, etc. more information

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London: VJM Records, 1975. First Edition. Staplebound Wraps. Good +. 90pp, stencil-printed. 10" x 8 Contains long lists of records wanted and records for sale by various individuals: vintage jazz, blues, swing, hillbilly, etc. more information

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NY: Lawrence Hill, 1975. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. pp: xvi, 459, discography, index. This "completely revised and expanded" edition follows jazz evolution into the 1970s. 8.25" x 5.25". more information

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NY Big 3 Music Corp. [ca. 1954]., 1954. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 23pp Contains bass arrangements for 11 dixieland tunes. Titles include: Copenhagen; Fidgety Feet; Muskrat Ramble; Panama; Wabash Blues; and six more. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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London: Vail, 1963. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 12pp. Includes candid photographs of the group, along with their two-page repertoire, some biographical notes, etc. 4.75" x 9 Acker Bilk, born Bernard Stanley Bilk in 1929, is a clarinetist known for his trademark goatee, bowler hat, striped waistcoat and his breathy, vibrato-rich, lower-register clarinet style. Bilk was part of the boom in traditional jazz that swept the United Kingdom in the late 1950s. He first joined Ken Colyer's band in 1954, and then formed his own ensemble, The Paramount Jazz Band, in 1956. more information

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London Robert Hale (1958)., 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Very good condition in a repaired dust jacket. 8" x 5.25" pictorial dj 119pp Index. 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. Illustrated by 13pp illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is orig boards. more information

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Reading, MA: Addison Wesley, 1991. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. pp: viii, 385, index; text illus from photographs. 8" x 4.5". more information

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NY: Hill and Range Songs, 1952. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 4pp, words and music, in part: "Down in Ol' Kentucky where horseshoes are lucky, There's a village smithy standin' under the chestnut tree...." 12" x 9 The cover features a portrait of Ella Mae Morse (the cow-cow-boogie girl) who recorded this song for Capitol Records. more information

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NY: Mills Music, 1935. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 4pp, words and music, in part: "When you're blue and solitary, love is all that's necessary, then life is complete, Got the time and inclination, all I need is inspiration from somebody sweet...." 12" x 9 On the cover is a photo-portrait of Henry King who recorded this song with his orchestra. more information

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NY: Edward B. Marks, 1932. Copyright 1919. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine. 6pp, words and music, in part: "What is that song about kisses, What is that song about smiles? If I could have my way, I'd sing a song today, That would beat them all by miles...." 12" x 9 This song was featured by Woody Herman and his Orchestra. A picture of him playing clarinet is inset on the illustrated cover. more information

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NY: Universal Attractions, Circa 1952. First Edition. not bound. Near Fine. Broadside, 10.25" x 8", printed in black ink on dark-gold stock. Photo-portrait of Bostic at top right; signed by him in pencil to the left of his portrait. Bostic and his aggressive alto sax were equally at home in jazz and rhythm & blues. more information

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NY: King Records, Circa 1952. First Edition. not bound. Near Fine. Broadside, 10.25" x 8", printed in red and black ink on cream stock. Photo-portrait of Bostic at top right; signed by him in blue ink to the left of his portrait. Bostic and his aggressive alto sax were equally at home in jazz and rhythm & blues. more information

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NY: J.P. Grant, 1927. First edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 8pp. Contains music for banjo solo and for piano, with a picture of Banjo Bill inset on the cover. Laid in is a one-page, pictorial "banjography" by Lew Green, calling Bill "one of the greatest banjo technicians of all time...." 12" x 9 more information

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NY: J. Pitman Grant, 1925. First edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 8pp. Contains music for banjo solo and for piano, with a picture of Banjo Bill inset on the illustrated cover. 12" x 9 more information

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nd.. Clear black signature; fine condition. 8" x 10". Illustrated by photo by Sutton Artists. original photo edition. Binding is not bound. more information

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s.l. Dave Brubeck (1964)., 1964. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Illustrated paper covers and contents in very good condition. 11" x 8.5" (18)pp Contains photos and biographies of the four musicians, along with candid photos of Brubeck with his family and on tour. Illustrated by photo-illus throughout text. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Delaware Water Gap, PA: Shawnee Press, 1956. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good +. Two volumes. pp: 28, 28. Here are nine verbatim transcriptions of nine original tunes by Dave Brubeck, including: The Duke; Walkin' Line; In Your Own Sweet Way; The Waltz; and five more. 12" x 9 These two volumes of "Brubeck Plays Brubeck" tunes are seldom seen for sale as a set. more information

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London: National Jazz Federation, 1958. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 16pp; illus from photographs. Shown are Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Joe Morello and Gene Wright as well as the personnel of The Jazz Couriers. Includes "The Great Experiment," an essay on Brubeck's early career, by Steve Race. 10.5" x 8.25 more information

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London: Harold Davison, 1961. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 16pp; 4 full-page illus from photographs, others in text. Includes extensive notes on Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, with notes on Joe Morello and Gene Wright. 10.5" x 8.25 more information

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Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1988., 1988. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 96pp Has interviews with Craig Harris and Art Rollini, book and record reviews, new cds, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1987., 1987. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 96pp Has interviews with Ran Blake and George Lewis, book and record reviews, new cds, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1987., 1987. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 80pp Has interviews with Singleton Palmer, Daddy Stovepipe, and Roy Brown, book and record reviews, new cds, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1983., 1983. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 80pp Has interviews with Bennie Wallace, Duke Groner and Beaver Harris, book and record reviews, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1993., 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents near fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 112pp Has interviews with Roberto Miguel Miranda, Elios & Boulou Ferre and Bill Holman, book and record reviews, new cds, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Redwood, NY Cadnor Ltd 2003., 2003. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents near fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 144pp Has interviews with Kidd Jordan and Jim Hartog, book and record reviews, new cds, and a large catalog of the Cadence music sale. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Redwood, NY Cadnor Ltd 2004., 2004. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 144pp Has interviews with Ahmed Abdullah and Oliver Johnson, book and record reviews, new cds, results of the 2003 record poll, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1984., 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents near fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 80pp Has interviews with Zoot Sims and Jimmy Stewart, book and record reviews, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1985., 1985. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents near fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 80pp Has interviews with Art Blakey and Peanuts Hucko, book and record reviews, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1983., 1983. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 96pp Has article on Django Reinhardt's music, interviews with Cliff Jackson, Jon Hendricks, & Russian musicians, record reviews, &c. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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