GOOD MORNING BLUES: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF COUNT BASIE. As Told to Albert Murray. [INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY ALBERT MURRAY and SIGNED BY 13 JAZZ GREATS WHO WORKED WITH COUNT BASIE].

(Rutherford, Rudy; Mitchell, Grover; Miles, Butch; Lewis, Jimmy; Preston, Eddie; Wess, Frank; Tate, Buddy; Foster, Frank; Green, Freddie; Hughes, Bill; Durham, Eddie; Powell, Benny; Perry, Ermet "E.V."). Murray, Albert; Basie, Count.

Verlag: New York, NY: Random House, (1985). (1985)., 1985

Beschreibung

SIGNED BY ALBERT MURRAY & 13 GREAT JAZZ MUSICIANS - Octavo, 9-1/2 inches high by 6 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in black boards backed with black cloth titled in silver on the front cover and the spine, in a dust wrapper featuring a photographic portrait of Count Basie. The top edge of the dust jacket is lightly creased with a couple of tiny tears xiv, [1] & 400 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece and 16 pages of photographs. There is a small brown stain to the front edge of the front endpaper. Very good. First edition.The book is inscribed by the co-author Albert Murray on the half-title. Murray (1916-2013) was a novelist and a jazz critic. He was the author of "Stomping the Blues" and "The Hero and the Blues". The jazz musicians who have signed are:Rudy Rutherford (1924-1995), American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist. He played with Count Basie for three years in the early 1940's. Of him, Basie said: "(He) was also a hell of a clarinet player. Rudy really had that sound on clarinet. That's him in the V-disc take of 'Kansas City Stride' and also most of the other clarinet solos for the next year or so".Grover Mitchell (1930-2003), American jazz trombonist. Mitchell was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra from 1962-1970 and again from 1980-1984.Butch Miles (b.1944), American jazz drummer. He was with the Count Basie Orchestra from 1975-1979.Jimmy Lewis (1918-2000), American double bassist. He was with the Count Basie sextet in 1950. Lewis has signed twice.Eddie Preston (1925-2009), American jazz trumpeter. He played with Count Basie in 1963.Frank Wess (1922-2013), American jazz saxophonist and flutist. According to Count Basie, "Frank Wess is the man who really brought the flute into the jazz scene". Wess played with Count Basie from 1959-1964.Buddy Tate (1913-2001), American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist. He was with Count Basie from 1939-1948.Frank Foster (1928-2011), American saxophonist, flutist and composer/arranger. Foster was a frequent collaborator with Count Basie. Foster has signed twice.Freddie Green (1911-1987), American swing jazz guitarist. Green played rhythm guitar with the Count Basie Orchestra off and on for nearly 50 years.Bill Hughes (1930-2018), American jazz trombonist and band leader. Hughes was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra from 1953-1957 and later from 1963-2010.Eddie Durham (1906-1987), American jazz guitarist, trombonist and composer/arranger. Durham played with members of the Count Basie Orchestra in the late 1930's. He was a pioneer of the electric guitar in jazz.Benny Powell (1930-2010), American jazz trombonist. Powell played in the Count Basie Orchestra from 1951-1963.Ermet "E.V." Perry (c.1912-2000), American jazz trumpeter. Although he played with many of the great jazz bands of the era, we are uncertain as to his relationship with the Count Basie Orchestra. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 97798

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Titel: GOOD MORNING BLUES: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ...

Verlag: New York, NY: Random House, (1985). (1985).

Erscheinungsdatum: 1985

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

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