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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot : Tuskegee Choir Series

By: Dawson, William R. (arranger)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Tuskegee, Music Press, Tuskegee Institute: 1946

Seller ID: 15659

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

This is sheet music from the Tuskegee Choir Series. It is in near fine condition with only light aging. It is perforated near the spine for a binder and has ads for other songs included in the series. Nice bit of music ephemera with the Tuskegee imprint. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 5 pages
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Fun in Black or Sketches of Minstrel Life

By: Day, Charles H.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Robert M. De Witt, Publisher: 1874

Seller ID: 16801

Binding: Softcover

This softcover book has significant damage to the front wrap and spine along with the first interior page which is also the title page. The front wrap and title page both have a torn away section upper right. Please see my scan for the appearance of the front wrap. The title page has similar damage but only a small bit of text is affected. All publication information is clear. The front wrap is almost removed but is still attached at the top of the spine. Overall, this book is in Fair condition, though that is mainly because of the damage described. The interior is otherwise complete and in at...
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Voices of the Jazz Age Profiles of Eight Vintage Jazzmen

By: Deffaa, Chip

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Urbana, University of Illinois Press: 1992

Seller ID: 14338

ISBN: 0252062582

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book is about fine with very light wear at one corner. Spine is neither cracked nor creased; book appears unread, like new. The jazzmen profiled are Sam Wooding, Benny Waters, Bix Beiderbecke, Joe Tarto, Bud Freeman, Jimmy McPartland, Freddie Moore and Jabbo Smith. First Softcover Edition. (Illini Books Edition.); B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages
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"Juba" : (Dance) From the Suite "In the Bottoms"

By: Dett, R.Nathaniel

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chicago, Clayton F. Summy Co.: 1913

Seller ID: 16890

Condition: Very Good

This sheet music for Nathaniel Dett's "Juba" has light, general wear and aging. VG to VG+. The top of the front cover says that this music is "As played by the world renowned pianist Percy Grainger." "Juba" was the fifth movement of Detts' suite entitled "In the Bottoms" and the most popular part of that suite. SMAA; B&W Drawing; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 8 with covers pages
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Handbook of American Sheet Music: First Annual Issue -- 1947

By: Dichter, Harry (compiler and publisher)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Harry Dichter: 1947

Seller ID: 16789

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Light, overall wear and aging with mild wear at corners and some toning on edges. Square and securely bound. VG. This is the first printing of Harry Dichter's guide to sheet music which has grown into a major reference work. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 100 pages
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Recording the Blues

By: Dixon, R. M. W. and Jon Godrich

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, Studio Vista: 1970

Seller ID: 14859

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Book has a couple of light bumps on edges but is otherwise near fine. Square and securely bound. Jacket has some wear at corners but is still quite attractive. Solid copy. This book comes from the series of books on the blues, edited by Paul Oliver, in the early 1970's. Many illustrations from early record catalogues. ; Blues Series edited by Paul Oliver; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 109 +Index pages
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Jazz Quarterly: A Hot Jazz Magazine, Summer, 1944, Vol. 2 No. 2

By: Downs, Judy (ed.)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Chicago, Jazz Quarterly: 1944

Seller ID: 15649

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stapled, white wraps with black titles and illustration. Very light general wear and aging. Slight musty odor from storage. Overall, a very attractive copy. Jazz Quarterly was issued from 1942 until 1945. There were only seven issues in all. It was produced by fans and artists who pooled their resources and tried to produce articles on "hot jazz," especially from Chicago, and underrecognized musicians. This issue features articles on The Harlem Hamfats, Bud Wilson, Max Kaminsky, along with several others and reviews. Individual issues of this magazine are difficult to find. WorldCat l...
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Love and Devotion

By: Drumheller, Louis A.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, The Morris Music Pub. Co.: 1908

Seller ID: 11511

Binding: Sheet Music

Very attractive color illustration on cover with red titles. This copy has only light edge, corner and surface aging. Slit starting at bottom of spine. VG+ to EX. ; Color Cover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 6 pages
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Cabin in the Sky

By: Duke, Vernon (Music) and John Latouche (Lyrics)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Leo Feist Inc.: 1940

Seller ID: 16276

This sheet nusic for the Song, "Cabin in the Sky" from the movie of the same name is in VG to VG+ condition with light wear and aging. I think this is a first printing. The all African-American cast featured stars such as Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and the Hall Johnson Choir. It had been produced originally as a Broadway play in 1940. The music is arranged for piano and guitar. The front cover features a nice graphic of a cabin floating in the clouds. SMAA; Cover Art (Blue Cabin in Sky); 4to 11" - 13" tall...
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The Dark Sett: The Celebrated Negro Quadrilles as Played by All the Quadrille Bands

By: Dyer, S. O. (arranger)

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, Firth, Pond & Co.: 1848

Seller ID: 16753

Condition: Very Good

This is large format, 19th century sheet music of five "Negro Quadrilles" arranged for the Piano Forte by S. O. Dyer. The five quadrilles are: "Mary Blane," "Old Joe," "Carry Me Back," "Stop That Knocking," and "Darkeys Polka." The B&W illustration, from a lithograph by Sarony & Major, shows a grand ballroom filled with stereotyped African-Americans in formal attire. The manner of this illustration is, for the most part, respectful, even though two or three faces seem exaggerated. This copy is in VG condition. It was removed from a bound volume a...
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Richard Dyer-Bennet The 20th Century Minstrel

By: Dyer-Bennet, Richard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Leeds Music Corporation: 1965

Seller ID: 10884

Binding: Hardcover

Stapled blue wraps with white titles and photo of Dyer-Bennet. General edge, corner and surface wear along with light toning on interior pages. Book has been used but is still in VG to VG- condition. Square and securely bound . ; Musical Notation; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 48 pages; Songbook from the great folk singer/minstrel. Piano settings by John Ward.
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The Songs of Bob Dylan :From 1966 through 1975

By: Dylan, Bob

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf / Cherry Lane: 1980

Seller ID: 11178

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Large book with pictorial wraps. Some edge, corner and surface wear but spine is not creased or cracked, book is square and the binding is secure. Gift inscription on ffep/half-title. ; Musical Notation; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 383 pages; This book was obviously used but not abused. It is a great source for all of Dylan's early work. Includes lyrics and music for each song.
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I Didn't Know about You

By: Ellington, Duke (music) and Bob Russell (lyrics)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Robbins Music Corporation: 1944

Seller ID: 16238

Condition: Very Good+

Pink-orange pictorial background with B&W photograph of Ted Martin and black titles. There is minor damage, a scrape, on the top right corner and some numbers written in pencil; otherwise, this copy is about near fine. This song with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Bob Russell came out in 1944 which is the date of this sheet music. I am not an expert on sheet music, but this is an early copy if not the first. ; Sheet Music; Cover Art; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 4 pages
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Sophisticated Lady

By: Ellington, Duke (Piano Score by James Matte')

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Gotham Music Service: 1933

Seller ID: 16768

Duke Ellington wrote Sophisticated Lady in 1933 and this Piano Solo version dates from that year. The music has light, general wear with a music store stamp at the bottom of the lady's dress. The covers are almost, but not quite, detached. SMAA ; Drawing of Sophiticated Lady; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 6 pages
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Backpocket Bluegrass Song Book

By: Erbson, Wayne

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Asheville, Native Ground Music Inc.: 1992

Seller ID: 14722

ISBN: 096293271X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

This collection of classic Appalachian ballads and bluegrass music has only light edge and corner wear. ; B&W Photographs and Musical Notation; Thin 4to 11" - 13" tall; 56 pages
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Big Road Blues: Tradition and Creativity in the Folk Blues

By: Evans, David

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Berkeley, University of California Press: 1982

Seller ID: 15860

ISBN: 0520034848

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

The book is near fine except for very minor wear and aging. The jacket has a bit of damage at the top of the spine and other very minor wear. This is a somewhat scholarly discussion of the blues that includes musical transcription and in depth discussion of blues composition. Evans did extensive field work in the South. An ad/order form from UC Berkeley is laid in. ; B&W Photographs and Musical Transcriptions; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Men of Popular Music

By: Ewen, David

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Chicago-New York, Ziff-Davis Publishing Co.: 1944

Seller ID: 14480

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Book has light edge, corner and surface wear along with light aging. Some internal marginal notations, mostly bracketing, in ink. Square and securely bound. I do not find a publication date for this printing, but the book was issued during WWII and 1944 is listed by others. The author has biographical essays on American musicians from King Oliver to Benny Goodman, including George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Ferde Grofe, Duke Ellington and others. Second Printing. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 213 pages
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Newport Jazz Festival Concert Tour Program, 1959

By: Feather, Leonard et. al.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, Weston Associates: 1959

Seller ID: 15662

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stapled, orange blue and white wraps with deep blue titles. Some light edge, corner and surface wear along with light aging. Overall, this is an attractive copy in about VG+ condition. Though unpaginated, this copy has 24 pp. and is the official program for the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival Concert Tour. This tour featured George Shearing, Thelonius Monk, Lennie Tristano with Lee Konitz, Anita O'Day, Humphrey Lyttleton and Ronnie Ross. There is a one to two page, illustrated biography of each musician and several other features including an unintentionally funny glossary of jazz terminology from ...
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Swing Out : Great Negro Dance Bands

By: Fernett, Gene

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Midland, Pendell Company: 1970

Seller ID: 12099

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket

White covers with black titles and decoration of man playing trumpet. The book is fine except for a sunned line along the bottom edge and light, general interior aging. The jacket has some light edge, corner and surface wear including a 1 1/2" slit at the top of the frot flap fold. Square and securely bound, solid copy. ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 175 pages; Great survey with many photos of African-American jazz bands from the early 20th century through the 60's. An interesting sidelight: the ffep has a former owner's name in ink -- Blakey. I have looked at Art Blakey's signature, ...
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Polk Miller and the Old South Quartette, Music of the Old South

By: Flaherty, Tim (editor and producer)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Beverley Hills, MI, Ken Flaherty, Jr.: 2006

Seller ID: 15438

ISBN: 1424305772

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

Stapled, dark brown, stiff wraps with image of record label on front. CD of original Polk Miller recordings inside back wrap. This copy looks as new and unused. A sleeve from an old broadside of Miller's slips over the booklet as a sort of dustjacket. This production is a historic recording and documentation of one of the earliest African-American groups to record, Polk Miller and the Old South Quartette. The Quartette was black; Miller was white. The music they produced may be as close as we can come to antebellum, African-American music.Miller often contrasted the "authenticity" of his group...
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Caravan Trails: Tex Williams Fan Club, Vol. 1 No. 1

By: Floyd, Marie (ed.)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Hollywood, Tex Williams Fan Club: 1949

Seller ID: 16548

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

This is an eight-page, slick stock fan club nagazine for the Tex Williams Fan Club with a photograph of Williams and his horse, Sheik, on the cover. The magazine has only very light wear and aging. It has multiple articles on Tex Williams and his music and movies. Williams is most remembered for his song, "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette," but he was also a Western movie star. There are also short articles on Rex Allen, Ernie Lee and Hank Thompson plus a two-page photo spread with these stars along with Smiley Burnette, the Georgia Crackers and others. These fan club magazines are quite sca...
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Syncopating Saxophones

By: Frankenstein, Alfred V.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Chicago, Robert O. Ballou: 1925

Seller ID: 15641

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

This early work on modern music and jazz was printed in a Limited Edition of 600, 500 of which were for sale. This copy has some edge and corner wear along with expected aging. It lacks the dustjacket and is in VG condition. At the time Frankenstein was a 20 year old clarinetist with the Chicago Symphony. Preceding the first books written entirely on jazz, Frankenstein's anthology, this book was a "collection of random thoughts" by a "serious" musician. It has Jazz-related chapters interspersed with thoughts on Stravinsky and Brahms. Nevertheless, Frankenstein - destined to bec...
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You Don't Look Like a Musiciam

By: Freeman, Bud

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Detroit, Balamp Publishing: 1974

Seller ID: 16484

ISBN: 0913642053

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Book has only very light, general wear and aging. Jacket has some mild aging/soiling and a 1 inch closed tear near the top front right corner. This autobiography-memoir by the great jazz tenor saxophone player is signed and dated on the ffep. Freeman played with the well-known Austin High School Gang, a group of young, white musicians from Chicago who created what was called the "Chicago Style." Freeman would go on to play with many big bands including The World's Greatest Jazz Band. This book contains many short reminssences of musicians, bands and other people that Freeman knew and played w...
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Chicago Blues Guitar

By: Funaro, Arti and Artie Traum

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Oak Publications: 1983

Seller ID: 13607

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Pictorial wraps with photo of Muddy Water and white titles. Some light , general wear and aging with three lines of commentary in ink on the title page. Spine is not cracked or crease. Book is square and binding secure. ; B&W Photographs and Musical Notation; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 95 pages; Instructional book with diagrams, explanations and music notation for playing Chicago-style blues guitar. Many exceptional photos of Chicago blues men.
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Scott Joplin and the Ragtime Era

By: Gammond, Peter

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press: 1975

Seller ID: 14572

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Both book and jacket have light general wear and aging. Former owner's bookplate on ffep. Book is square and securely bound. Jacket has minor wear at top of spine. Important work on ragtime. This is probably a First Printing; no additional printings are listed. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages
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