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$55.00 |
Peter Davies, London, 1961, True First Edition, First Printing. Stuart is the pseudonym for Dorothy Tait who was George Lewis' longtime manager; she assembled the memoir from notes taken over years on the road with the great New Orleans clarinetist... read more... |
![Call Him George By Jay Allison Stuart [Dorothy Tait]](images/Call Him George 1100, unsigned dj.jpg "Call Him George By Jay Allison Stuart [Dorothy Tait]") |
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$62.00 |
Peter Davies, London, 1961, First Edition, First Printing. Stuart is the pseudonym for Dorothy Tait who was George Lewis' longtime manager; her biography is assembled from notes taken over years on the road with the great New Orleans clarinetist and... read more... |
![Call Him George By Jay Allison Stuart [Dorothy Tait]](images/call him george signed front dj.jpg "Call Him George By Jay Allison Stuart [Dorothy Tait]") |
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$95.00 |
Peter Davies, London, 1961, First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED and inscribed at the ffep, "With my very best wishes, Dorothy Tait (Jay Allison Stuart)". Stuart is the pseudonym for Dorothy Tait who was George Lewis' longtime manager; her... read more... |
![Carmen McRae: Miss Jazz By Leslie Gourse [SIGNED] [SOLD]](images/carmen mcrae gourse signed to agent front dj.jpg "Carmen McRae: Miss Jazz By Leslie Gourse [SIGNED] [SOLD]") |
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Presentation copy, SIGNED and inscribed at the verso of the ffep, ""For Jack Rael- Many thanks for all your help-Leslie Gourse". Rael was Carmen McRae's long-time manager and was interviewed extensively by the author for this biography. The first... read more... |
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$30.00 |
Da Capo Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002, First Printing with complete number line. Long overdue, the first comprehesive biography of the great jazz composer, arranger and band leader. In a career spanning nearly six decades, seemingly "immune to the... read more... |
![Castles Made Of Sand: The Story Of Gil Evans By Larry Hicock [SOLD]](images/Castles made of sand arc front.JPG "Castles Made Of Sand: The Story Of Gil Evans By Larry Hicock [SOLD]") |
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Da Capo Press, New York, May 2002, Stated Uncorrected Page Proofs, First Edition, First Printing. The first comprehensive study devoted to the great arranger and composer's life and work. Winner of the Ascap Deems Taylor Award in 2003. Near fine in... read more... |
![Celebrating Bird: The Triumph Of Charlie Parker By Gary Giddins [SIGNED] [SOLD]](images/Bird Giddins signed front dj.jpg "Celebrating Bird: The Triumph Of Charlie Parker By Gary Giddins [SIGNED] [SOLD]") |
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Beech Tree Books, Morrow, New York, 1987, First Printing with complete number line. SIGNED, dated and inscribed, by the author on the half title page, "For X, with thanks for help, in research and, keeping an archive, for everyone, Gary Giddins,... read more... |
![Charley Patton By John Fahey [SOLD]](images/Charley Patton Fahey front.jpg "Charley Patton By John Fahey [SOLD]") |
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Studio Vista, London, 1970, First Hardcover Edition; biography and comprehensive musical analysis of the seminal Delta bluesman, a landmark in blues studies; the author, John Fahey, was an innovative, influential and highly eclectic acoustic... read more... |
![Chasin' The Train: The Music & Mystique Of John Coltrane By J.C. Thomas [SIGNED] [SOLD]](images/Chasin the Trane Thomas signed front dj.jpg "Chasin' The Train: The Music & Mystique Of John Coltrane By J.C. Thomas [SIGNED] [SOLD]") |
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Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1975, Stated First Edition. The first comprehensive biography of the great saxophonist, which relies heavily on interviews with his boyhood friends, fellow musicians and spirtual mentors; with b & w photographs and... read more... |
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$23.00 |
Berkeley Hills Books, Berkeley CA, 2000, First English Language Edition, First Printing. Originally published in Dutch in 1989, the first comprehensive account of Baker's life and career to appear in English, preceding James Gavin's better known... read more... |
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$40.00 |
Herndon Press, New York, 1975, Stated Second Printing, trade paper back. A comprehesive biography of Coltrane's life, music and spiritual journey. Very good, in pictorial wraps, spine is creased, light edge wear, bottom fore corner of front wrap is... read more... |
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$48.00 |
Victor Gollancz, London, 1957, First Edition, First Printing, with no further printings indicated. The first comprehensive biography of the Count by an esteemed British jazz writer, with a discography by Alun Morgan. In red cloth boards, top fore... read more... |
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$48.00 |
Gollanz, London, 1957, First Edition, First Printing. The first comprehensive biography of the Count by an esteemed British jazz writer with vintage b&w photos and discography by Alun Morgan. In red cloth boards, slight fading and compression to... read more... |
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$30.00 |
The University Of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 1987, First Printing with complete number line. A vivid, anecdotal oral history, compiled from fifteen years of taped interviews by co-author Ottenheimer with the veteran bluesman. He recounts his... read more... |
![Crazy Fingers: Claude Hopkins' Life In Jazz By Warren Vache, Sr. [SIGNED]](images/Crazy fingers pb signed Vache front.jpg "Crazy Fingers: Claude Hopkins' Life In Jazz By Warren Vache, Sr. [SIGNED]") |
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$35.00 |
Smithsonian Instituion Press, Washington & London, 1992, First Printing with complete number line. SIGNED and inscribed by the author at the half title page. Jazz historian and musician Vache makes extensive use of Hopkin's autobiographal journals,... read more... |
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$40.00 |
University Of Missouri Press, Columbia & London, 1994, First Edition, First Printing, with complete number line, review copy with publisher's card laid in. An interpretive biography of the African American ragtime composer whose life and musical... read more... |
![Deep In A Dream: The Long Night Of Chet Baker By James Gavin [SIGNED] [SOLD]](images/Deep in a dream Baker bio signed front dj.jpg "Deep In A Dream: The Long Night Of Chet Baker By James Gavin [SIGNED] [SOLD]") |
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Knopf, New York, 2002, Stated First Edition. Boldly SIGNED and inscribed at the ffep. "STAY COOL...Forever!, James Gavin, NYC". The first comprehensive biography of the great trumpeter makes for difficult reading, but the author avoids... read more... |
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$75.00 |
Studio Vista, London, 1970, First Hard Cover Edition; an oral history of the career of blues singer and pianist, Little Brother Montgomery, and a concise account of the southern blues piano tradition. One in a series of estimable blues studies,... read more... |
![Derek Bailey And The Story Of Free Improvisation By Ben Watson [SOLD]](images/Dereck Bailey dj.JPG "Derek Bailey And The Story Of Free Improvisation By Ben Watson [SOLD]") |
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Verso, London, 2004, First Edition, First Printing, with complete number line. Comprehensive biography and discography of the iconoclastic British guitarist, composer and seminal figure in the free improvisation movement. Hard cover, two short dents... read more... |
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$30.00 |
Contemporary Books, Chicago & New York, 1989, First Edition, First Printing with no further printings indicated. Warm and unassuming memoir by the award winning composer. Hard cover is about fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket, slightly rubbed... read more... |
