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BAKER, CHET. As Though I Had Wings. The Lost Memoir. Buzz Books: 1997 1st ed 118 pp, discog. Fine in a price clipped d/w. (Book Ref #31593) £15.00 BAKKER, D.M. Clarence Williams on Microgroove. Micrography: 1976 1st ed 44 pp. Previous owner's small label on front card cover o/w VG+. A complementary bio-discography to 'Clarence Williams' by Tom Lord, and listing 190 releases. (Book Ref #21106) £15.00 BARON, S (intro). Benny, King of Swing. Thames & Hudson: 1979 1st ed Unpaginated, 212 b/w photos and illustrations. VG+/VG+. Pictorial biography based on Benny Goodman's own archives. (Book Ref #16886) £15.00 BARON, S (intro). Benny, King of Swing. Thames & Hudson: 1979 1st ed unpaginated, 212 b/w photos and illustrations. VG+ in chipped d/w. Two obituaries of Goodman loosely inserted. Pictorial biography based on Benny Goodman's own archives. (Book Ref #20747) £13.50 BASIE, C. & MURRAY, A. Good Morning Blues. The autobiography of Count Basie. Paladin: 1987 p/b rep 493 pp, b/w photos. Rear cover lightly creased o/w VG+. As told by Count Basie to award-winning novelist and jazz critic Albert Murray. (Book Ref #16579) £6.00 BERENDT, J. The New Jazz Book. A History and Guide. Jazz Book Club: 1965 rep 314 pp, discog. VG+ in a slightly tanned and chipped d/w. A comprehensive overview of Jazz, from its roots to the early 1960s. (Book Ref #27761) £8.00 BERENDT, J.E. The Story of Jazz - from New Orleans to Rock Jazz. Barrie & Jenkins: 1978 1st UK ed 192 pp, approx 100 b/w photos, bibliog, discog. VG+ in edge-worn d/w. Readable and well-illustrated history of the principal forms of jazz. (Book Ref #20334) £10.00 BERTON, R. Remembering Bix. A Memoir of The Jazz Age. W.H. Allen: 1974 1st UK ed 428 pp, 16 pp b/w photos, bibliog. Ex-Library with usual stamps and pocket remains o/w VG in d/w with sunned spine. 'Hoagy Carmichael once said that once you heard Bix Beiderbecke blow four notes on his horn, your life would never be the same again'. (Book Ref #20953) £8.00 BERTON, R. Remembering Bix. A memoir of the jazz age. W.H. Allen: 1974 1st UK ed 428 pp, 16 pp b/w photos, bibliog. VG+/VG+. 'Hoagy Carmichael once said that once you heard Bix Beiderbecke blow four notes on his horn, your life would never be the same again'. (Book Ref #23364) £15.00 BLESH, R. Shining Trumpets. A history of jazz. Cassell: 1954 rep 365 pp, b/w photos, notes. Tape marks on e.ps o/w VG. (Book Ref #21004) £10.00 BRADBURY, D. Armstrong. Haus: 2003 1st ed 170 pp, occasional b/w photos, notes, chronology. F/VG+. A lively biography of the great jazz icon. (Book Ref #27136) £8.00 BROTHERS, T. (ed). Louis Armstrong In His Own Words. Selected Writings. OUP: 1999 1st ed 255 pp, b/w photos, bibliog. F/F. Based on extensive research through the Armstrong archives. (Book Ref #25560) £12.50 BROWN, R. and C. Georgia On My Mind. The Nat Gonella Story. Milestone: 1985 1st ed 172 pp, b/w photos. Fine in price clipped d/w. (Book Ref #24048) £12.00 BUTCHER, G. Next To A Letter From Home. Major Glenn Miller's Wartime Band. Sphere: 1987 rep 424 pp, b/w photos, lists all known broadcasts and recordings. VG+/VG+. Much of the story is told by members of the band. (Book Ref #20872) £25.00 BUTCHER, G. Next to a Letter from Home. Major Glenn Miller's wartime band. Mainstream: 1986 1st ed 424 pp, b/w photos, lists all known broadcasts and recordings. Owner's label o/w VG+/VG+. Much of the story is told by members of the band. (Book Ref #24125) £20.00 CAREY, D. & MCCARTHY, A. The Directory of Recorded Jazz and Swing Music. Volume 1 - 6. The Delphic Press: 1949,50,51,52,55,57 1st ed 1112 pp. Some paper covers dust marked . Vol 1 nicked at spine head but o/w a clean VG set. (Book Ref #24932) £65.00 CAREY, D. & MCCARTHY, A. The Directory of Recorded Jazz and Swing Music. Volume 2. The Delphic Press: 1950 1st ed 184 pp. Paper covers lightly marked with darkened spine. Internally VG. (Book Ref #24936) £10.00 CAREY, D. & MCCARTHY, A. The Directory of Recorded Jazz and Swing Music. Volume 3. The Delphic Press: 1951 1st ed 186 pp. Papers covers slightly dust marked and torn at spine tail. Lower front endpaper split but spine strong o/w VG. (Book Ref #24937) £10.00 CAREY, D. & MCCARTHY, A. The Directory of Recorded Jazz and Swing Music. Volume 4. The Delphic Press: 1952 1st ed 185 pp. Paper covers dust marked and lightly creased o/w VG. (Book Ref #24938) £10.00 CARR, R. & CASE, B. The Hip. Hipsters, Jazz and the Beat Generation. Faber: 1986 p/b 1st ed 141 pp, profuse b/w photos. VG+. "Hip has shifted more shades than any other philosophy, but fewer manuals and NO pyjama cases".. (Book Ref #26423) £10.00 CHILTON, J. Sidney Bechet. The wizard of jazz. Macmillan: 1987 1st ed 331 pp, b/w photos, references, bibliog, discog. VG+/VG+. "The best biography I have ever read" - Stanley Dance, Jazz Times. (Book Ref #31610) £15.00 COLLIER, J.L. Louis Armstrong. Michael Joseph: 1984 1st ed 383 pp, b/w photos, notes, discog. Pages slightly yellowed o/w VG+ in lightly indented d/w. Masterful critical biography packed with insight and information. (Book Ref #20834) £15.00 CROWTHER, B. Benny Goodman. Apollo: 1988 p/b 1st ed 128 pp, b/w photos, bibliog, discog. VG. Short biography and discography. (Book Ref #21359) £5.00 CROWTHER, B. & PINFOLD, M. The Jazz Singers. From ragtime to the new wave. Blandford: 1986 1st ed 224 pp, b/w photos, bibliog, discog. Small inscription on f.ep o/w VG+ in spine faded d/w. The first volume devoted to singers which examines the work of over 200 artists in detail. (Book Ref #17084) £9.00 CROWTHER, B. & PINFOLD, M. The Jazz Singers. From ragtime to the new wave. Blandford: 1986 1st ed 224 pp, b/w photos, bibliog, discog. VG+ in spine faded and slightly chipped d/w. The first volume devoted to singers which examines the work of over 200 artists in detail. The first volume to focus on the work of jazz, blues, soul and gospel singers. (Book Ref #19132) £9.00 DALE, R. The World of Jazz. Phaidon: 1980 1st ed 192 pp, b/w throughout + 3 colour photos, directory of musicians. VG+/VG. Examines styles and roles of the performers in 'readable and lucid style'. (Book Ref #4659) £12.00 DANCE, S. The World of Count Basie. Sidgwick & Jackson: 1980 1st UK ed 399 pp, b/w photos, bibliog, discog. Ex-library, usual stamp on title page o/w VG+ in lightly edge-worn d/w with tear to back panel. A rich flow of striking anecdote, opinion and biographical information forming an essential history of the music made by the Count. (Book Ref #20830) £15.00 DANCE, S. The World of Earl Hines. Scribners: 1977 1st ed 324 pp, Over 120 b/w photos, bibliog, discog. Top corners bumped o/w VG+ in edge-worn d/w. Loosely inserted obituary of Stanley Dance. (Book Ref #20800) £20.00 DANCE, S. The World of Swing. Da Capo: 1979 p/b rep 436 pp, a few b/w photos. Slightly edge-worn o/w VG. (Book Ref #20958) £8.00 DARENSBOURG, J. Telling It Like It Is. Macmillan: 1987 1st ed 231 pp, b/w photos, chronology, discog. Edges lightly bumped and rubbed o/w VG+ in lightly creased d/w. Review copy. The story of the clarinettist with Kid Ory and Armstrong. (Book Ref #20832) £13.00 ELLINGTON, M. & DANCE, S. Duke Ellington. In Person. Hutchinson: 1978 1st ed 236 pp, b/w photos, appendices. VG/VG. A memoir co-written by Ellington's only son. (Book Ref #26740) £10.00 FEATHER, L. The Book of Jazz. A Guide to the Entire Field. Arthur Barker: 1959 rep 280 pp, notes and references. VG in slightly edge-worn d/w. (Book Ref #21411) £10.00 FEATHER, L. The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties. Bonanza: 1966 1st US ed 312 pp, 200 b/w photos, poll tabulations, record companies, recordings, bibliog, discog. Spine marked o/w VG/VG. A complete survey of the entire field with 1100 biographies and 200 photographs. (Book Ref #28144) £12.00 FERNETT, G. Swing Out. Great Negro dance bands. Pendell: 1970 1st ed 176 pp, profuse b/w photos. White boards lightly marked o/w VG. (Book Ref #21969) £15.00 FORDHAM, J. Jazz. Dorling Kindersley: 1993 1st ed 216 pp, numerous colour and b/w photos and illustrations. Inscription o/w F/F. Comprehensive illustrated guide to this mercurial music, with a collector's 'must-have' of the top 250 classic recordings. (Book Ref #27677) £12.00 GAMBLE, P. Focus On Jazz. Photography by Peter Symes. Hale: 1988 1st ed 160 pp, colour photos. VG+/VG+. 'This volume will please the many friends of jazz who find pleasure in the portraiture of great jazz artists.' - Stan Tracy. (Book Ref #10571) £10.00 GAMMOND, P. Scott Joplin and the Ragtime Era. Abacus: 1975 p/b 1st ed 223 pp, well-illustrated with early photos and song sheets, appendix, discog. Top corner cut from front endpapers o/w VG+. 'None of them sounded like Joplin.' - Eubie Blake. (Book Ref #11581) £6.00 GAMMOND, P. (ed). & HORRICKS, R. (ed). Big Bands. Music on Record 2. PSL: 1981 1st ed 183 pp, b/w plates throughout, bibliog. Inscription o/w VG+/VG+. Concentrates on albums from 1950 onwards from the swing and dance eras. (Book Ref #20823) £8.50 GODDARD, C. Jazz Away From Home. Paddington Press: 1979 1st ed 319 pp, b/w photos, notes. VG in d/w with lightly worn top edge. A definitive work on early jazz in europe. (Book Ref #19082) £15.00 GODDARD, C. Jazz Away From Home. Paddington Press: 1979 1st ed 319 pp, b/w photos, notes. VG+ in slightly torn d/w. Signed dedication by author. A definitive work on early jazz in europe. (Book Ref #23223) £20.00 GOURSE, L. Madame Jazz. Contemporary Women Instrumentalists. OUP: 1995 1st ed 273 pp, b/w photos, bibliog. F/F. (Book Ref #28801) £15.00 GREEN, S. (ed). Kings of Jazz. Barnes: 1978 1st thus 367 pp, b/w photos, discog. Board extremities slightly rubbed o/w VG+ in faded and and edge-worn d/w internally repaired. Compilation first published in the 'Kings of Jazz' paperback series. (Book Ref #21392) £20.00 GREGORY, H. The Real Rhythm and Blues. Blandford: 1998 p/b 1st ed 212 pp, a few b/w photos, bibliog, discog. F. Focuses on early R 'n' B performers. (Book Ref #20572) £6.00 HADLOCK, R. Jazz Masters of the 20's. Macmillan: 1966 rep 255 pp, b/w photos. VG in edge-worn d/w with small losses to extremities. (Book Ref #20948) £10.00 HASKINS, J. & BENSON, K. Scott Joplin. The Man Who Made Ragtime. Robson: 1979 1st UK ed 248 pp, a few b/w photos, bibliog. Top edge and prelims very lightly marked o/w VG+ in slightly chipped and spine-faded d/w. (Book Ref #20342) £12.00 JEPSEN, J.G. Discography of Count Basie. Biographical Notes by Knud H Ditlevsen. Debut Records: 1959 p/b 1st ed 32 pp. Paper spine partially slit, card covers slightly marked and browned. Some small pen annotations. (Book Ref #28461) £10.00 JONES, M. & CHILTON, J. Louis. The Louis Armstrong story 1900-1971. Studio Vista: 1971 1st UK ed 256 pp, b/w plates throughout, film list. Top edge lightly marked o/w VG+ in slightly creased and internally marked d/w. The definitive story of Louis Armstrong's remarkable life. (Book Ref #20797) £15.00 KENNINGTON, D. The Literature of Jazz. A Critical Guide. Library Association: 1970 p/b 1st ed 142 pp, bibliog. Cover slightly unevenly faded and foxed o/w VG. Divided into general background, histories, analysis, theory and criticism, reference sources and periodical literature. (Book Ref #27743) £7.50 LEE, P. Miss Peggy Lee. Bloomsbury: 2002 p/b rep 204 pp, b/w photos, discog. F. Reflects Lee's 'gritty determination'. (Book Ref #20826) £6.00 LESTER, J. Too Marvellous for Words. The life and genius of Art Tatum. Oxford: 1995 p/b rep 240 pp, b/w photos, notes. VG+. Full-length biography of the man who defined the limits of the possible in jazz piano. (Book Ref #20815) £10.00 MASSAGLI, L. et al. Duke Ellington's Story on Records 1956 - 1957. Raretone: 1976 p/b 1st ed 32 pp, Queen Disc Catalogue, discog. Front cover lightly marked, pages slightly browned o/w VG. Authoritative and wide-ranging discography including soundtracks, radio and television performances. Soloists are included in order of entry together with the number of bars, structure of the piece and manner of performance. (Book Ref #25185) £10.00 MASSAGLI, L. et al. Duke Ellington's Story on Records 1958 - 1959. Raretone: 1977 p/b 1st ed 37 pp, discog. Front cover lightly marked, top edge slightly foxed o/w VG. Authoritative and wide-ranging discography including soundtracks, radio and television performances. Soloists are included in order of entry together with the number of bars, structure of the piece and manner of performance. (Book Ref #25186) £10.00 MASSAGLI, L. et al. Duke Ellington's Story on Records 1960 - 1962. Raretone: 1978 p/b 1st ed 47 pp, discog. Covers and edges lightly marked o/w VG+. Authoritative and wide-ranging discography including soundtracks, radio and television performances. Soloists are included in order of entry together with the number of bars, structure of the piece and manner of performance. (Book Ref #25187) £10.00 MASSAGLI, L. et al. Duke Ellington's Story on Records 1963 - 1965. Raretone: 1979 p/b 1st ed 37 pp, discog. Covers and edges lightly marked o/w VG+. Authoritative and wide-ranging discography including soundtracks, radio and television performances. Soloists are included in order of entry together with the number of bars, structure of the piece and manner of performance. (Book Ref #25188) £10.00 MASSAGLI, L. et al. Duke Ellington's Story on Records 1968 - 1970. Raretone: 1982 p/b 1st ed 37 pp, discog. Covers and edges slightly marked o/w VG+. Authoritative and wide-ranging discography including soundtracks, radio and television performances. Soloists are included in order of entry together with the number of bars, structure of the piece and manner of performance. (Book Ref #25189) £10.00 MCCARTHY, A. The Dance Band Era. The Dancing Decades From Ragtime To Swing: 1910 - 1950. Spring Books: 1974 rep 176 pp, 216 b/w illustrations, bibliog, discog. VG+/VG. (Book Ref #17043) £12.50 MCCARTHY, A. The Dance Band Era. The Dancing Decades From Ragtime To Swing: 1910 - 1950. Spring Books: 1974 rep 176 pp, 216 b/w illustrations, bibliog, discog. Corners lightly rubbed o/w VG+ in torn d/w. (Book Ref #20749) £10.00 McCARTHY, A.J. & HENTOF, N. Jazz. Cassell: 1960 1st UK ed 387 pp. VG. (Book Ref #24756) £10.00 O'CONNOR, D.R. BG Off The Record. A Bio/Discography of Benny Goodman. Gaildonna: 1958 1st ed 305 pp, occasional b/w photos. Page edges lightly foxed o/w VG+ in a slightly edge-worn d/w. Includes recording units, films, radio and T.V programs. (Book Ref #31592) £20.00 PALMER, R. Oscar Peterson. Spellmount: 1984 1st ed 93 pp, b/w photos, discog. Laminated pictorial boards. VG+. Part of the 'Jazz Masters' series. (Book Ref #21364) £8.00 PINFOLD, M. Louis Armstrong. His Life and Times. Omnibus: 1988 p/b rep 143 pp, b/w photos, bibliog. VG. Part of the 'Jazz Life and Times' series. (Book Ref #21420) £7.50 RAMSEY, F, Jnr. A Guide to Long Play Jazz Records. Da Capo: 1977 enlarged ed 282 pp, b/w photos, bibliog. VG+. First published in 1954, expanded with supplementary listings. Indexes to both titles and artists. (Book Ref #21104) £20.00 ROSANTHAL, G.S.. & ZACHARY, F. (eds.). Jazzways. Musicians Press: 1946 1st ed 109 pp, 10 colour and over a 100 b/w photos. Corners bumped o/w VG+ in an edge-worn and spine-faded d/w designed by Paul Beard. A fine piece of jazz history. (Book Ref #32423) £65.00 ROYAL, M. Marshal Royal Jazz Survivor. Continuum: 1996 p/b 1st UK ed 180 pp, b/w photos, recording chronology. Fine. (Book Ref #26821) £5.00 RUST, B. Jazz Records 1897 - 1942. 2 Vols. Storyville: 1972 revised ed, 2nd impression 1968 pp. VG+. (Book Ref #21107) £95.00 SHADWICK, K. Blues: Keeping The Faith. Apple: 1998 1st ed 352 pp, profuse b/w and colour photos. Fine in lighly indented d/w. An A-Z of the best in Blues. (Book Ref #30418) £12.00 SHADWICK, K. Jazz: Legends of Style. Apple: 1998 1st ed 352 pp, numerous colour and b/w photos. Fine in slightly nicked d/w. (Book Ref #20789) £18.00 SHADWICK, K. (ed). Gramophone Jazz Good CD Guide. Reviews of the best jazz CDs you can buy. Gramophone Publications: n.d c.1996 p/b rep 672 pp, information. VG. Incorporates over 750 new reviews across the whole range of jazz activity. (Book Ref #20835) £7.50 SHIPTON, A. Fats Waller. His Life and Times. Spellmount: 1988 1st UK ed 134 pp, b/w photos, bibliog. VG+ in chipped d/w. (Book Ref #21419) £12.00 STWERTKA, E. Duke Ellington. A Life of Music. Watts: 1994 p/b rep 143 pp, b/w photos, notes, glossary, bibliog. VG+. A brisk but lucid biography of the great composer. (Book Ref #28957) £6.50 TANNER, L. (ed). Dizzy. John Birks Gillespie in his 75th year. Pomegranite: 1991 1st ed 86 pp, b/w photos. New. Includes an essay by Gene Lees. (Book Ref #12892) £5.99 TOWLER, E. (compiled by). British Dance Bands 1920 - 1949. On 12-inch long-playing records. General Gramophone Publications: 1985 p/b 1st ed 268 pp. Previous owner's small label on f.ep. Many entries neatly underlined in red biro o/w VG. (Book Ref #21109) £25.00 TRAILL, S. (ed). Just Jazz. Peter Davies: 1957 1st ed 224 pp, b/w photos, comprehensive discog. for 1956. VG in edge-worn d/w with top 1" of back panel missing. Collection of 10 articles covering New Orleans to modern jazz. (Book Ref #20907) £13.50 TUCKER, M. Ellington. The Early Years. Bayou Press: 1991 1st UK ed 343 pp, b/w photos and musical notation, early recordings, bibliog. VG+. (Book Ref #20884) £10.00 VANCE, J. Fats Waller. His life and times. Robson: 1979 p/b 1st ed 179 pp, a few b/w photos, bibliog. VG+. Penetrating account of the jazz scene from the 1920s to the Second World War, laced with colourful tales of Fats' encounters with the legendary jazzmen of his day. (Book Ref #24185) £8.50 WAY, C. The Big Bands Go to War. Mainstream: 1991 1st ed 288 pp, b/w photos, notes. F/VG+. Dedication by the author on the front endpaper. The full story of the Allied Services Bands of World War Two. (Book Ref #24122) £12.50 WILLIAMS, M. Jelly Roll Morton. Kings of Jazz 2. Cassell: 1962 1st ed 89 pp, b/w photos, discog. Pictorial laminated boards, spine ends slightly chipped o/w VG+. A brisk and informative biography of the jazz great. (Book Ref #25255) £7.50 WILSON, T. Teddy Wilson Talks Jazz. Continuum: 1996 p/b 1st UK ed 179 pp, b/w photos, recording chronology. Fine. (Book Ref #26820) £5.00 WRIGHT, L. Mr. Jelly Lord. Storyville: 1980 1st ed unpaginated, b/w illustrations, musical notation, chronology, bibliog, discog. Lightly marked red cloth as issued o/w F. (Book Ref #21100) £50.00 |
