Jazz biographies: 28 works

Лот 570
29.09.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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£ 1 260
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Лот 570 | Jazz biographies: 28 works
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£ 3 000 – 5 000
A collection of signed jazz biographies and autobiographies, many signed and inscribed by the author, others signed by the subject, 28 volumes, the majority octavo, comprising:

WELLS, Dicky (1907-1985). The Night People. Reminiscences of a Jazzman. Boston: Crescendo Publishing Company, 1971. Authorial presentation inscription, with an autograph letter. [With:] CLAYTON, Buck (1911-1991) with Nancy Miller ELLIOT. Buck Clayton’s Jazz World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Two copies, each with authorial presentation inscription. [With:] CONDON, Eddie (1905-1973). We called it Music: A Generation of Jazz. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. Authorial presentation inscription. [With:] MEZROW, Mezz (1899-1972) and Bernard WOLFE (1915-1985). Really the Blues. New York: Random House, 1946. Authorial presentation inscription. [With:] GOURSE, Leslie (1939-2004). Every Day. The Story of Joe Williams. London: Quarter Books, 1985. Authorial presentation inscription. [With:] LITWEILER, John. Ornette Coleman. A Harmolodic Life. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1992. Signed by Ornette Coleman on the half-title, together with a photograph of Coleman signing the book. [With:] PORTER, Lewis (b. 1951). Lester Young. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1985. Authorial presentation inscription. [With:] MERCER, Michelle (b. 1972). Footprints. The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2004. Authorial presentation inscription. [With:] NISENSON, Eric (1946-2003). Open Sky. Sonny Rollins and his world of improvisation. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000. Signed by Rollins on the front free endpaper. [With:] PEPPER, Art (1925-1982) and Laurie PEPPER (b. 1940). Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper. New York: Schirmer Books, 1979. Signed and inscribed by Art Pepper on the front free endpaper. [With:] BRAND, Jack (1938-2016). Shelly Manne. Sounds of a Different Drummer. Illinois: Percussion Express, 1997. Square quarto, limited edition, number 783 of 1,000 copies. Signed by the author and discographer on the title page. [With:] PANASSIÉ, Hugues (1912-1974). Louis Armstrong. Paris: Collection Jazz-Panorama, 1969. Authorial presentation inscription. [With:] HENNESSEY, Mike (1928 – 2017). Klook. The Story of Kenny Clarke. London: Quartet Books, 1990. Authorial presentation inscription. [With:] CHILTON, John (1932-2016). Billie’s Blues, 1933-1959. London: Quartet Books, 1975. Authorial presentation inscription to Jean Gleason, widow of critic Ralph J. Gleason. [With:] O’DAY, Anita (1919-2006) with George EELs (1923-1972). High Times Hard Times. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1981. Signed and inscribed by O’Day on the front free endpaper. [With:] HAMPTON, Lionel (1908-2002). An Autobiography. New York: Warner Books Inc., 1989. Signed and inscribed by over 40 jazz musicians who took part in the Hampton Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho, 1990. [With:] CARMICHAEL, Hoagy (1899-1981). The Stardust Road. New York: Rinehart, 1946. Signed by the author on the blank before the title page. [With:] GONZALES, Babs (1919-1980). I paid my dues. New Jersey: Expubidence Publishing Corp., 1967. Signed by the author on the front pastedown. [With:] KAMINSKY, Max (1908-1994) with V.E. HUGHES. My Life in Jazz. New York: Harper & Row, 1965. First edition, inscribed by Kaminsky on the front free endpaper. [With:] WATSON, Derek (1948-2018). The Story of The Ink Spots. New York: Vantage Press, 1967. First edition. Signed by the author and three later members of the group on the front free endpaper. [With:] MARTIN, David Stone (1913-1992) and Alan LOMAX (1915- 2002). Mister Jelly Roll. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950. First edition, first printing, with portfolio containing 12 prints from illustrations in the book. [With:] SMITH, Willie (1893-1973) with George HOEFER (1909-1967). Music on my Mind, The Memoirs of an American Pianist. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964, first edition. Inscribed by Smith on the front free endpaper. [With:] ROSE, Al (1916-1993). Eubie Blake. New York: Schirmer Books, 1979. First edition, inscribed by Blake on the front free endpaper. [With:] PETERSON, Oscar (1925-2007). A Jazz Odyssey. The Life of Oscar Peterson by Oscar Peterson. New York & London: Continuum, 2002. First edition, signed by the author on the front free endpaper. [With:] HADJU, David (b. 1955). Lush Life. A Biography of Billy Strayhorn. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996. Gift inscription to the front free endpaper. [With:] PANASSIÉ, Hugues (1912-1974). Louis Armstrong. Paris: Collection Jazz-Panorama, Nouvelles Editions Latines, 1969. First edition, authorial presentation inscription. [And:] HENNESSEY, Mike (1928-2017). Klook. The Story of Kenny Clarke. London: Quartet Books, 1990. First edition, inscribed by the author to John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet on the front free endpaper.
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