![Item #18673 Jazz West: 1945 to 1985. The A-Z Guide to West Coast Jazz Music [Signed]. K. O. Eckland](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/18673.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718483334)
Carmel-By-The-Sea: Cypress Grove Corp, 1986. Photography by Ed Lawless. Wraps. An encyclopedia of traditional jazz bands active on the west coast…traditional meaning in the early style of New Orleans and Chicago, rather than swing bands or more modern styles. The photos by Lawless are many and are excellent, mostly action.....
![Item #18926 The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music [Nirvana, Foo Fighters]. Dave Grohl](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/18926.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1720813983)
New York: Dey Street Books, [William Morrow], 2021. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. From hitting the road with Scream at 18 years old, to his time in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, jamming with Iggy Pop or playing at the Academy Awards or dancing with AC/DC and.....
New York: Knopf, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Enhanced by a trove of remarkable documents and correspondence sourced from Wenner's private archives, Sticky Fingers presents a portrait of an enterprising, unpredictable rock and roll enthusiast who celebrates the allure of youth and beauty.....
![Item #21754 The Toscanini Musicians Knew [Inscribed to Publisher Ben Raeburn] [Association Copy]....](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21754.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1774350202)
New York: Horizon Press, 1967. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: BEN RAEBURN & THE NYC SCENE —Ben Raeburn was a central figure in the mid-century New York 'Republic of Letters.' As the founder of Horizon Press, he specialized in books that other publishers found too demanding or niche, most famously becoming the primary.....
New York: Citadel, 2000. Second Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Many musicians sing about heartache, despair, and confusion, but few have experienced those feelings more intensely than James Taylor, who rose from a childhood of privilege as the son of an affluent medical school dean to become a modern-day troubadour.....
![Item #21674 Bass Line; The Stories and Photographs of Milt Hinton [Signed with Drawing] [Jazz...](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21674.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1772050945)
Temple University Press, Philadelphia:, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. HISTORICAL SUMMARY: THE JUDGE AND HIS LEICA CAMERA ---Milt Hinton’s Bass Line is a primary source for the study of 20th-century African American history and musical evolution. Hinton’s dual role as a master musician and a chronicler allowed him to document.....
![Item #18672 High Times, Hard Times [Signed] [Jazz]. Anita O'Day, George Eells, a new epilogue](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/18672.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718309388)
New York: Limelight. 1997. Third printing of this revision. The renowned jazz singer Anita O'Day lived through both "high times and hard times," a phrase that perfectly captures the essence of her autobiography.During the mid-1940s, O'Day gained fame as a vocalist with the Stan Kenton and Gene Krupa orchestras, and.....
![Item #20604 Listen to the Lambs [1960s Racial Injustice - Jazz Memoir]. Johnny Otis](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/20604.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1749507222)
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --Johnny Otis was a polymath of American music—a bandleader, talent scout, and songwriter who discovered Etta James and Big Mama Thornton. Despite his Greek ancestry, Otis identified culturally and socially as Black.....
Urbana and Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Explains how jazz was shaped by urbanization, the 'great migration' of southern blacks northward, and the 'jazz image' - dress code, jargon, and use of drugs. This book places jazz in its rich.....
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2007. Illustrated by Edel Rodriguez. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Oye, Celia! is a beautiful, rhythmic tribute to the Queen of Salsa--Celia Cruz. The personal telling, in a blend of English and Spanish, and the marvelously expressive illustrations will make this.....
Garden City: Doubleday, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --Willie 'The Lion' Smith was a larger-than-life figure who, alongside James P. Johnson and Fats Waller, defined the Harlem Stride style. Known for his cigar, derby hat, and fierce competitive spirit in 'cutting contests,' Smith was.....