ROSENTHAL, GEORGE S.; ZACHARY FRANK, FREDERIC RAMSEY, JR.; RUDI BLESH
JAZZWAYS
New York, Greenberg. 1947, First Edition. Hardcover, 4 to.. Book, red. gilt dec cover, 109 pages, illustrated throughout,( There are 95 black-and-white photographs and 10 color reproductions"--Book jacket.) pictorial endpapers, ex private library with bookplate on copyright page, dust jacket is chipped with edge tears and light soil, a good reading copy, in protective mylar jacket, edited by George S. Rosenthal and Frank Zachary in collaboration with Frederic Ramsey, Jr. and Rudi Blesh.CONTENTS: Jazz begins / Rudi Blesh -- Old photographs -- Going down State Street / Frederic Ramsey, Jr. -- Condon Mob -- Hot royalty -- Benny Goodman / Alexander King -- Lionel Hampton / Peter Fischer -- Swing / Frank Stacy -- New Orleans today / Eugene Williams and Skippy Adelman -- Discollecting / Frederic Ramsey, Jr. -- Collector's items -- One for the money -- Two for the show -- Concerto for Woody -- Portrait of a Jazzman / Art Hodes -- Three Brass, four rhythm / Dale Curran. Good/Poor.

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Keywords: Jazz -- History and Criticism. , Jazz Musicians -- United States. , Jazz. ,Jazz Musicians. , Americana Music