BASTIN, BRUCE.

Never Sell A Copyright. Joe Davis and His Role in the New York Music Scene 1916-1978.

Chigwell: Storyville Publications, 1990. 0902391127. Joseph M. "Joe" Davis (6 October 1896 – 3 September 1978[1]) was an American music producer, publisher and promoter in jazz, rhythm and blues and pop music..He has to be considered as an important influence for Fats Waller, having actually talked the shy, reluctant Waller into considering a performing career.(wiki). Pp.346, black & white portrait photo frontispiece + 33 further illustrations. White cloth, gilt title to spine. Scarce. VG.

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Book number: 38637

Catalogue: Music: : Jazz

Keywords: Bruce Bastin Never Sell Copyright Joe Davis New York Music Scene Biography Jazz Rhythm Blues Fats Waller Boogie Woogie Gennett 29090 Music: : Jazz

COOK, RICHARD.

Blue Note Records. The Biography.

Boston: Justin, Charles and Co, 2004. 1932112278. First US Paperback Edition. "Chronicles the life of the most famous and influential jazz label of them all. Here is the detailed history of the label from the beginning days in 1939 when two German immigrants, Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, began recording and releasing the hot jazz that they loved." Pp.xiv/282, 8 pages of black & white portrait photos. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 51204

Catalogue: Music: : Jazz

Keywords: Cook Blue Note Records Biography Jazz Label Music Alfred Lion Francis Wolff Rudy Van Gelder Reid Miles Davis Thelonious Monk Bud Powell Sonny Rollins Horace Silver Kenny Burrell Art Blakey 52606 Music: : Jazz

DANKWORTH, AVRIL.

Jazz: An Introduction to its Musical Basis.

London: Oxford University Press, 1972. 0193165015. Reprint. "Simply written, it tells about the chords, the rhythms, the melodies: how they have come about and how jazzmen use them. Required reading for anyone musical who is interested in the fascinating phenomenon of jazz." Pp.xii/91, occasional music examples. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 42505

Catalogue: Music: : Jazz

Keywords: Avril Dankworth Jazz Introduction Music Chords Forms Scales Rhythm Tonal Effects Styles Instrumentation Swing Bebop Cool Jazz 43853 Music: : Jazz

KAHN, ASHLEY.

A Love Supreme. The Creation of John Coltrane's Classic Album.

London: Granta, 2002. 186207545X. 1st edition. The story of the saxaphone legend's landmark work. "Few albums in the canon of popular music have had the influence, resonance, and endurance of John Coltrane's 1964 classi 'A Love Supreme' - a record that proved that jazz was a fitting medium for spiritual exploration, and for the xpression of the inexpressable.." 24cms x 19.5cms x 2.5cms. Pp.xxvi/260, many black & white photos, gift message to front free endpaper. Orange boards, dustwrapper has small mark to rear. VG/VG.

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Book number: 51258

Catalogue: Music: : Jazz

Keywords: Ashley Kahn a Love Supreme Creation John Coltrane Classic Jazz Album Saxaphone Biography Music 52671 Music: : Jazz

STODDARD, TOM.

Jazz on the Barbary Coast.

Berkeley: Heyday Books, 1998. 189077104X. "San Francisco's infamoius Barbary Coast was one of the country's thriving centers of jazz in the early 1900s. "Jazz on the Barbary Coast" captures the incredible energy of the black jazz scene of this era through the firsthand accounts of the men who were at the heart of it. Musicians such as Sid LeProtti, Reb Spikes, Wesley Fields, Alfred Levy, and Charlie "Duke" Turner recreate the hot spots, dances, rivalries, and lawlessness that characterised the San Francisco jazz scene and inspired jazz musicians for generations to come." 24.5cms x 17cms. Pp.xv/224, occasional black & white illustrations throughout. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 39660

Catalogue: Music: : Jazz

Keywords: Stoddard Jazz Barbary Coast Black Music San Francisco Sid Leprott Ragtime Jelly Roll Morton Reb Spikes Tom Turpin Minstrels Medicine Shows Wesley Fields Alfred Levy Charle Duke Turner Creole 40557 Music: : Jazz