[Jazz] Basie, Count. (1904–1984) & Bechet, Sidney. (1897–1959) & Ellington, Duke. (1899–1974) & Gordon, Dexter. (1923–1990) & Hodges, Johnny. (1907–1970) & Miller, Glenn. (1904–1944) & Lunceford, Jimmy. (1902–1947) etc.
Autograph Album
Remarkable small autograph album containing signatures from many of the most important jazz musicians of the 1930s–1940s, each page accompanied by a note indicating the date and location of the performance. A few signatures on cards or other formats laid down to the album sheets, wear to cover, else fine, 6.5 x 5 inches (15.2 x 12.7 cm.).Signatures include Count Basie, Charlie Barnet, Duke Ellington, Lawrence Brown, Otto Hardwick, Fred Guy, Billy Taylor, Barney Bigard, Wallace Jones, Sonny Greer, Rex Stewart, Johnny Hodges, Jimmie Blanton, Wallace Jones, Harry Carney, Cootie Williams, Brad Gowans, Max Kaminsky, Bud Freeman, Floyd O'Brien, Al Jorden, Corky Cornelius, Don Byas, Jack Washington, Tab Smith, Earle Warren, Buddy Tate, Joe Jones, Harry Edison, Al Killian, Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Freddie Green, Joe Jones, Dick Wills, Edward Cuffey, Dan Minor, Helen Humes, James Rushing, Abe Bolar, Jimmie Lunceford, Paul T Webster, Jimmie Crawford, Russell Bowles, Joe Thomas, Jimmie Lunceford, Billie Smith, Henry Sloan, Fred Beckett, Jack McVee, Ray Perry, Marshal Royal, Illinois Jacquet, Dexter Gordon, Joe Newman, Karl George, Ernest Royal, John Hartzfield, Rudy Taylor, Jackie Field, Sabby Lewis, Chu Berry, Frankie Newton, Ike Quebec, Hot Lips Page, Eugene Caines, Ricky Pratt, Jerry Heffron, Julie Gardner, Maceo Bryant, Sabby Lewis, Henry "Red" Allen, Sidney Bechet, Jay Higgenbotham, Count Basie, Pee Wee Russell, Wild Bill Davison, Sam Donahue, Glenn Miller, Paul "Lightnin" Tanner, Wilbur Schwartz, John Best, Gene Krupa, and Al Morgan.
From the collection of Phillip Young, who as a young man befriended Count Basie and Rex Stewart. They aided him in procuring press passes that allowed him to see many of the jazz luminaries of the day. (18735)
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