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Paperback. A pictorial record of many of the great and innovative jazz musicians of the last 35 years offered by the photographer, Chuck Stewart. Jazz names like Duke Ellington, Billie Holliday, John Coltrane, Lester Bowie, David Murray, Wynton Marsalis and Charles Mingus all feature, along with anecdotes retold by the artists themselves. For example, Betty Carter talks about scatting, Carmen McRae recalls Bud Powell and Miles Davis speaks about his attitude to audiences. 1991, Reprint. A near fine copy only marked by light edge rubbing to the wraps. {"length"=>["28"], "width"=>["23"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}.…

SIGNED. Near fine glossy pictorial stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photographs of musicians from the field. Affectionately inscribed and fully signed by the author in Oxford, MS in 1992.