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Celebrating the Duke & Louise, Bessie, Billie, Bird, Carmen, Miles, Dizzy & Other Heroes by Gleason, Ralph J.; Terkel, Studs - 1975

by Gleason, Ralph J.; Terkel, Studs

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Celebrating the Duke & Louise, Bessie, Billie, Bird, Carmen, Miles, Dizzy & Other Heroes by Gleason, Ralph J.; Terkel, Studs - 1975

Celebrating the Duke & Louise, Bessie, Billie, Bird, Carmen, Miles, Dizzy & Other Heroes

by Gleason, Ralph J.; Terkel, Studs

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Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press / Little, Brown and Company, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. First edition. Jacket a bit rubbed, jacket price clipped. 1975 Hard Cover. xx, 280 pp. An overview of jazz featuring some of its most prominent musicians, with a particular focus on Duke Ellington. Includes a foreword by Studs Terkel, a chapter on the history of jazz, a chapter on Duke Ellington split into three sections; sections on: Bessie Smith; Louis Armstrong; Jimmie Lunceford; Billy Holiday (Lady Day); Pres: Lester Young; Charlie 'Bird' Parker; John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie; John Lewis and the Modern Jazz Quartet; Carmen McRae; John Coltrane; Miles Davis; The Death of Albert Ayler; a selected list of available records; and an index.
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  • Edition First Edition
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  • ISBN 10 0316315850
  • ISBN 13 9780316315852
  • Publisher Atlantic Monthly Press / Little, Brown and Company
  • Place of Publication Boston
  • Date Published 1975
  • Size 8x5x1
  • Keywords MUSIC MUSICIAN BIOGRAPHY MUSICAL HISTORY DUKE ELLINGTON JAZZ PERFORMERS LOUIS ARMSTRONG BESSIE SMITH BILLIE HOLIDAY JIMMIE LUNCEFORD LESTER YOUNG CHARLIE PARKER DIZZY GILLESPIE JOHN LEWIS QUARTET CARMEN MCRAE JOHN COLTRANE MILES DAVIS
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Little, Brown & Company. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0316315850 . Binding solid. Pages unmarked but slightly tanned. Black cloth cover has only minor wear, but front board is slightly bowed. Dustjacket is a little scuffed and worn at edges. .
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Little, Brown, 1975-01-01. Stated first edition. Hardcover. very good/very good. NOT an ex library book. Name on front endpaper. 280 pages including the index. Dust jacket has 1/2" tears, no chips, light rubbing. Price is not clipped.
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FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is fine. The unclipped dust jacket has a closed tear on the rear cover and minor wear at the corners. Foreword by Studs Terkel. A collection of Gleason s essays on jazz greats: the Duke, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis and others.
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by Gleason, Ralph J

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Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0316315850 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 280 pages; 1975 Little, Brown & Company. HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Snugly bound and very neat in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $8.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Contents fresh and neat; no marks. Just trace shelf evidence to jacket edges and a pair of tiny closed tears bottom edge of rear panel. NF/VG+ .
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