Music (Sheet Music list available-inquire)
16. Louis Armstrong. Estate Jewelry Auction Catalog. Oct. 2, 1985. William Doyle Galleries. Rare photos. 22 pages. Ex. cond. $9
17. The Big Bands. George T. Simon. 1967. DJ.
18. Who's Who of Jazz. John Chilton. 1978 (2 copies).
19. Time-Life Series-Swing Era. (1) 1937-8. Vintage Years of Humor (2) 1936-7. The Movies
(3) 1940-1. How It Was To Be Young Then (4) Curtain Call. Sounds of Swing.
21. Black Music. Leroi Jones. Paper.
26. Classic Guitars of the '50s. The Electric Guitar and the Musical Revolution of the '50s. By 15 of the world's leading guitar writers. Great,lavish illustrations-200. 88 pages. 10 x 13. With dust jacket. 1996. Excellent condition.Details 75 landmark electric guitars of the decade year by year. Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Bo Diddley, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, et al. All depicted with guitars.
27. A Treasury of Stephen Foster. Illustrated - color. 9 x 12. Published by Random House, 1946, first printing, so stated. 222 pages of Sheet Music, historical notes with illustrations. Illustrated by William Sharp. Historical Notes by John Tasker Howard. Arranged For Piano by Ray Lev & Dorothy Berliner Commins. No Dust Jacket. Excellent condition.
Shining Trumpets-A History of Jazz. Rudi Blesh. DaCapo Press. 1958. 408 pages.
46. Lady Sings The Blues. Billie Holiday & William Dufty. 1956. Paper.
47. Young Man With A Horn. Dorothy Baker. (Novel based on the life of Bix Beiderbecke.) Paper
48. Jazz-A People's Music. Sidney Finkelstein. Citadel press. 1948.
49. Songs of Stephen Foster. Univ. of Pittsburgh Press. 1938. 110 pages. Paper.
50. A Treasury of Stephen Foster. Random House. 1946. 9" x 12". Illustrated by William
Sharpe-color and black and white.
51 .Music Imagination. Aaron Copland. Mentor Books. 1970. 190 pages. Paper. Stains at
binding on first few pages.
52. Jazz Is. Nat Hentoff. 1991. Limelight Editions. 288 pages. Paper. Good condition.
53. Handbook of Jazz. Barry Ulanov. 1957.248 pages. Paper. Excellent condition.
BOOKLETS - Jazz. - $9 each
1. Bird & Diz: A Bibliography. 5 1/1" x 8 1/2". NY Jazz Museum. 1973. 20 pages. Ex. cond.
2. Billie Holiday Remembered. 6 1/2" x 8 1/2". NY Jazz Museum. 1973. 21 pages. Quotes
by musicians, writers, etc. Ex. cond.
3. Count Basie and His Bands. 6 1/2" x 8 1/2". NY Jazz Museum. 1975. 20 pages. Profile of Life & Music, Basie Speaking, Sidemen Notes, Selected Songs Composed by Basie,
Selected Discography & Bibliography. Ex. cond.
4. About John Coltrane. 6 1/2" x 8 1/2". NY Jazz Museum. 1974. 23 pages. Profile of Life & Music; Writers, Musicians, fans talk; Coltrane on Coltrane, Selected Bibliography &
Discography. Ex. cond.
5. The Sax Section. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". NY Jazz Museum. 1974. 37 pages. Outline History of
Saxophone in Jazz. Profiles of major jazz saxophonists.
6. The Jazz Story. An Outline History of Jazz. NY Jazz Museum, 1973. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". By
Dan Morgenstern. 29 pages. Ex. cond.
International Musician (Date, cover,condition-VG=pages intact; VG-=some pages separated; some edges slightly frayed. Most have all pages.
a. August, 1946. -James Petrillo. Label on cover. VG.
b. March, 1956. Charles Munch. VG-.
c. June, 1957. Saul Caston. VG-.
d. Dec., 1957. Saxophone. VG-.
e. March, 1958. Freddie Martin..VG.
f. May, 1959. Jack Benny. VG. Label.
g. April, 1960. Gene Krupa on cover of International Musician magazine- April, 1960. Article by Dom Cerulli. 3 pages. Photo inside. Mailing label on upper left corner of cover. Very good condition. $15 plus shipping.
h. Nov., 1960. Count Basie on cover. Article – 2 pages includes photo of Basie with Joe Williams. Pages loose. Good condition.
i. Jan., 1961. Isaac Stern. VG-. Label.
j. March, 1961. William Schuman. VG-. Label.
k. June, 1961. Grace Castagnetta. VG-. Label.
l. July, 1961. Stan Kenton. VG. Label.
m. January, 1964. Modern Jazz Quartet. Special Jazz Issue. VG-. Label.
5. Hi-Fi/Stereo Review. Sept., 1967. Ex. cond.
6. Hi-fi Lowdown. Sept., 1957. Ex. cond.
7. Mingus in Jazz Magazine, Spring, 1979. Photo on cover, mailing label on cover, fold marks. "Photo Tribute and Memories of Mingus". Pages 37 to 47. Many rare photos. Also, "Jazz, Bird & Art". Great color and black & white illustrations by Lee Hill. Inside very good condition. Price: $20 plus shipping. Info. (212) 579-0689, weekdays
7a. Metronome. June, 1944. Count Basie & Orchestra on cover. Cover binding separated. No back page. Ex. cond.
9. Downbeat. 4/6/51 (ex. cond.); 10/21/53 (ex. cond.); 11/3/54 (ex. cond.); 4/18/57 (ex. cond.); 5/30/68(ex. cond.); 12/25/69 (ex. cond.).
10. Jazz Review. July, 1960. Ex. cond.
11. Jazz Forum (European Jazz Federation). #15(1971); #16(3-4/72); #19(10/72); #20(12/72). Almost 100 pages each. VG cond.
12. Jazz. Spring, 1979. Charles Mingus on cover. Good cond.
13. Saturday Review. July 4, 1970. Pages 13 to 19. Louis on cover; mailing label on cover, fold marks.“The Man Who Revolutionized Jazz”. A Symposium on Louis Armstrong. Numerous rare photos. Good cond.
14. Esquire. The Golden Age of Jazz (Special Jazz Supplement, Pages 98-118). Jan., 1959. Ex. cond.
15. Esquire's 1947 Jazz Book. Slight edges fraying at bottom of cover. Ex. cond.
16. Joslin's Jazz Journal. 8/95. VG cond.
17. Bim Bam Boom-Oldies Magazine. 1973. Vol. 2, No. 3, Vol. 2, No. 4 (The Rock Revival). 68 pages each. VG cond. Rare photos
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