ALBERTSON, CHRIS

Bessie

New York, Stein and Day. (ISBN: 0-8128-1406-1). 1972. (hardcover) Very good in good dust jacket. 253pp. 8vo. The definitive portrait of the "Empress of the Blues"; includes new information, as wella S the personal recollections of the friends and associates who knew Besie Smith well. The clipped jacket shows moderate wear, chips and tears at the upper and lower edges, however, remains otherwise clean and all information is intact. Quarter bound with taupe paper sides, gilt title stamped to wine-coloured cloth spine. Author's name stamped in gilt to front. There is a name penned (small) to the front free endpaper; else is clean, tight, bright, solid, with black and white photographs, deckle edges.

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Book number: 127005

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Blues Music, African-American Musicians, Blues History, Blues Music, Music History 0812814061

APPEL, JR., ALFRED

Jazz Modernism from Ellington and Armstrong to Matisse and Joyce

New Haven, Conn.; London, England, Yale Univerisyt Press. (ISBN: 0-300-10273-9). 2004. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 284pp. 8vo. The story of how jazz fits into modernist art. Cover shows some wear in that the corners are lightly curled and there is a crease to the rear lower corner. Else is clean, tight, bright and solid. Lavishly illustrated with both colour and black and white photographs. Full number line. Winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for the best book on popular music of 2003.

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Book number: 126972

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Jazz History, Jazz History, Modernism, Modernist Art, Music History 0300102739

BALLIETT, WHITNEY

Such Sweet Thunder; Forty-Nine Pieces on Jazz

Indianapolis, New York, Kansa City, The Bobbs-Merrill Company/Howard W. Sams & Co. Inc. NONE. 1966, 1st printing. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 366+. 8vo. Jacket shows light wear, closed tears at upper and lower edges, and faint rubbing. Olive green cloth, silver titles stamped to front and spine. There is a name penned (small) to the front free endpaper; else is clean, bright, tight, and well-bound. Includes 49 selections from the 70-odd pieces written by the author on jazz between 1962 and the time of publication for the New Yorker.

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Book number: 126985

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Music History, Jazz History, Jazz Music, Music History, The New Yorker

BASIE, COUNT; DANCE, STANLEY

The World of Count Basie

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons. (ISBN: 0-684-16604-6). 1980. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. xxi, 399pp. 8vo. Jacket shows light wear at the lower edge, faint rubbing. Black cloth, silver title stamped to spine. There is a name penned (small, in red ink) to the front free endpaper; else is clean, tight, bright, solid. An essential history of the great bandleader and the music he made, richly illustrated through anecdotes, opinions, biographical information, and extraordinary black and white photographs.

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Book number: 126990

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Jazz Music, Jazz History, Jazz Music, Music Biographies, Music History, Swing Music 0684166046

BUERKLE, JACK V.; BARKER, DANNY

Bourbon Street Black; The New Orleans Black Jazzman

New York, Oxford University Press NONE. 1973. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. xi, 244pp. 8vo. Clipped jacket shows moderate wear, with tiny tears to the upper edge. Red cloth, blue foil title, silver decoration to spine. There is a name penned (small) to the front free endpaper; else is clean, tight, bright, and solid, with black and white photographs. Includes frontispiece, a photo of Danny Barker, aka the world's greatest banjo player.

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Book number: 126983

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Music History, Banjo Music, Bourbon Street, Jazz History, Jazz Music, Music History, New Orleans

CARR, IAN; FAIRWEATHER, DIGBY; PRIESTLEY, BRIAN

Jazz: The Rough Guide

London, UK, Rough Guides Ltd.. (ISBN: 1-85828-137-7). 1995. (Mass market paperback) Very good. viii, 754pp. 8vo. Revised edition. Handbook with more than 1600 biographies, updated and expanded information, includes personal recommendations from the authors for some 3,000 albums, on both vinyl and as CD. An essential, ultimate reference for any jazz aficionado. The cover and pages show a pronounced wave; that identified, this tome remains otherwise clean, tight, bright, and solid.

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Book number: 126998

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Jazz Music, Jazz History, Jazz Music, Music History, Reference - Music 1858281377

CHAMBERS, JACK

Milestones I: The Music and Times of Miles Davis to 1960; Milestones 2: The Music and Times of Miles Davis Since 1960 (Two Volume Set)

Toronto New York, University of Toronto Press/Beech Tree Books William Morrow. 1983, 1985, 1st editions. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 416+; xii, 345pp. 8vo. Sold as two volume set. Milestones I: (ISBN: 0-8020-2499-8) Orange and black jacket, clean and crsip. Orange cloth over boards, black title to spine. Clean, bright, tight, solid, black and white photographs. Milestones 2: (ISBN: 0-688-04646-0) Jacket shows tiny chip at rear, upper outside corner, else is clean and crisp. Quarter bound, ivory paper boards. Title stamped in silver to brown buckram spine. While there is a name penned to the front free endpaper, else is clean, bright, tight, and solid, with black and white photographs.

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Book number: 127015

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Music Biographies, Blues Music, Jazz History, Jazz Music, Music Biographies, Music History

CHANCELLOR, JOHN (PSEUDONYM OF )

Wagner

Boston Toronto, Little, Brown and Company. (ISBN: 0-316-13622-0). 1978, 1st edition. (hardcover) Near fine in fine dust jacket. x, 310pp. 8vo. Biography of one of the more controversial composers who ever lived. The price is inked out on the jacket, otherwise clean and crisp; in loose protective mylar. Quarter-bound, yellow cloth sides. Black and white photographs. There are two small stain spots at the fore-edge, else is clean, tight, bright, solid and square. Pseudonym of .

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Book number: 126399

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Music History, Classical Music, Opera 0316136220

COHEN, RICH

The Sun & the Moon & the Rolling Stones

New York, Spiegel & Grau / Random House / Penguin Random House 978-0-8041-7923-2. (ISBN: 978-0-8041-7923-2). 2016. (hardcover) As new in as new dust jacket. x, 381pp. 8vo. As new. Biography, compact and concise, that captures the story of the Rolling Stones in all their glory. A personal and professional history. Black and white photographs.

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Book number: 130089

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Music Biographies, Blues Music, Rock and Roll, The Rolling Stones 9780804179232

COLLIER, JAMES LINCOLN

The Making of Jazz; A Comprehensive History

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company. (ISBN: 0-395-26286-0). 1978. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. xi, [5], 543pp. 8vo. Comprehensive re-evaluation of jazz history, based on thousands of hours of focused research. Jacket shows moderate wear, with chips and closed tears at the upper edge; remains clean and bright. Black cloth with silver titles stamped to the front and spine. Clean, crisp, tight, solid, and richly illustrated with black and white photographs.

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Book number: 127012

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Jazz History, Jazz History, Jazz Music, Music History 0395262860

DAVIS, FRANCIS

Jazz and Its Discontents; A Francis Davis Reader

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Da Capo Press/Perseus Books Group. (ISBN: 0-306-81055-7). 2004. (Mass market paperback) Very good. xiv, 336pp. 8vo. A collection of insightful writings about jazz from the impressive career of the author. Clean, tight, bright, and solid.

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Book number: 127000

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Jazz Music, Essays - Jazz, Essays - Music, Jazz History, Jazz Music, Music History 0306810557

DAVIS, MILES; CARR, IAN

Miles Davis a Critical Biography

London Melbourne New York, Quartet Books. (ISBN: 0-7043-2273-0). 1982. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 310+. 8vo. Jacket clipped; shows very light wear at the upper edge, faint rubbing. Black buckram, gilt title stamped to spine. There is a name penned (small) to the front free endpaper; else is clean, tight, bright, solid, with black and white photographs. A well-rounded, fully comprehensive picture of the enigmatic icon.

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Book number: 126988

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Jazz Music, Jazz History, Jazz Music, Music Biographies, Music History 0704322730

DAVIS, MILES; TROUPE, QUINCEY

Miles, the Autobiography

New York, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster Inc.. (ISBN: 0-671-72582-3). 1989. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 441pp. 8vo. Like Miles, this tome holds nothing back. Mr. Davis speaks candidly and with frankness about his life, the five-year silence, drugs, racism, women, music, and the legends he played with in his career. Clean, bright, tight, solid, with black and white photographs.

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Book number: 127013

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Music Autobiographies, Autobiographies, Jazz History, Jazz Music, Music Autobiographies, Music History 0671725823

HUGHES, ROBERT (COMPILED BY); TAYLOR, DEEMS & KERR, RUSSELL

Music Lovers' Encyclopedia, Containing a pronouncing and defining Dictionary of Terms, Instruments, etc., including a Key to the Pronunciation of sixteen Lnaguages, many Charts; an Explanation of the Construction of Music for the Uninitiated; a pronouncing Biographical Dictionary; the Stories of the Operas; and numerous Biographical and Critical Essays by distinguished Authorities

Garden City, New York, Garden City Books NONE. 1954. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. xxv, 897+. 8vo. Revised edition. First published, it was the most nearly complete desk reference work of its kind. This edition, completely revised and newly edited by Deems Taylor and Russell Kerr. Black buckram, title and decoration in silver to spine. Decoration blind stamped to top board. There is a single small stamp to front free endpaper. The cover shows various markings, but this tome remains internally clean and bright. Fold out Chart Showing Absolute Pitch and the Ranges of the Voice and Chief Orchestral Intsruments at rear.

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Book number: 131156

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Music Encyclopedia, Music Reference, Reference - Music

FINKELSTEIN, SIDNEY; HALFANT, JULES [ILLUSTRATIONS]

Jazz: A People's Music

New York, The Jazz Book Club/The Citadel Press NONE. 1948. (hardcover) Very good in good dust jacket. ix, 278pp. 12mo. Jacket shows moderate wear, with chips and closed tears at the edges, as well as a small square of gummy residue left from a price sticker now removed. Purple covers, navy title and design stamped to spine. Clean, tight, bright, solid. A Jazz Book Club Production.

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Book number: 126994

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Jazz Music, Jazz History, Jazz Music, Music History