Count Basie Albert Murray (80 results)

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. One of the great jazz memoirs. Count Basie (1904-1984), pianist, composer, and an icon of big-band jazz, known for such classics as "Jumpin' at the Woodside," "Cherokee," and "One O'Clock Jump," recounts his life story to Albert Murray with all the charm and dry humor of two friends sitting at the kitchen table. With B&W photos. /// This is a 1st edition hardback with its dustjacket in good condition-the dustjacket is stained on the inside. (399 pages & 15 pages of introduction & 16 pages of photos).

First Edition. 1986 1st edition review copy (with publisher's note loosely inserted) with B&W illustrations; binding tight; dust jacket not price-clipped with slight yellowing to white areas and light wear to edges; a few tiny spots to top page fore-edge; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Condition: Good. 1st. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. some light creasing to the top edge of the spine of the dust jacket, illustrated, 399 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Slight scratches to cover. Appears unread, may have minor damage from transit/storage. Next day dispatch from the UK (Mon-Fri). Please contact us with any queries.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. Dust Jacket Condition: Leichtere Gebrauchsspuren. 343 S., Geb., Oschutz., 8o. [3e].

OPApp., OSchu., 8°, 343 S., mit Abbildungen auf Tafeln. Zustand sehr gut.

8°, gebunden mit Umschlag. Condition: Gut. 1. Auflage,. 343 Seiten, 22cm, Umschlag leicht berieben und bestoßen, Umschlagrücken ganz leicht lichtrandig, Name auf Vorsatz, Buchblock minimal nachgedunkelt, sonst sauberes Exemplar. A13006 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 595.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated first edition. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; discoloration to top and bottom edges of black and blue quarter-cloth boards, else very good; silver titling remains bright and bold. Light shelfwear to dust jacket save one small tear to front panel; age-toning to top edge of flaps. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota; due to size/weight of this book additional shipping charges may apply.

Condition: Très bon état. Paris, Filipacchi, 1989, fort in-8, br., couv. photo en noir éd., 525 pp., photos en noir, index, L'histoire du jazz raconté par Count Basie au romancier et critique de jazz Albert Murray. Une promenade dans le monde trouble de cette musique ennivrante.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition stated this publisher. AS NEW. No wear to the covers. No spine creasing from opening. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No musty odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading.

Random House, New York 1985. 1st edition. XIV;400 pages + b/w photographs. Orig. halfcloth in dust wrappers. Near fine/near fine- wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Not price-clipped ($19.95 price intact). Published by Random House, 1985. Octavo. Book is very good with very light toning to the page ends. Dust jacket is very good with a small tear to the back top edge, and light toning to the flaps. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st ed. frontis, photos, index, 399p. Original cloth-backed boards. dj. 23 cm. Few tiny spots on covers. Jacket slightly chipped along edges.

First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 399 pages. A review copy with laid in publishers sheets. The autobiography of this legendary musician as told to Murray. Includes numerous black and white images. A clean and tight near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine but with a small tear to the top edge of the last two pages and in a clean near fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near fine first edition inscribed by Albert Murray on the half-title page. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Some light bumping to spine ends. Some fading to edges, front board. Very good dust jacket. Not price-clipped. Some wear to spine ends, edges. 3 inch diagonal crease to top right corner of front flap. Overall a lovely first edition copy inscribed by Murray. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed generically by three former Basie band musicians; Marshall Royal, Butch Miles, and Milt Hinton. Book has a spine lean. There is a bit of fading to the extreme spine ends. Tiny stains to a couple of page fore edges. The dust jacket has some edge wear, small crease to the front flap. Not price clipped. ; as Told to Albert Murray; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Associated.

Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A great American saga told as only Basie could tell it; plain and simple. This is a very good copy of the First American edition in an unclipped dust jacket with two closed tears on the front face, else fine. Contents fine.

Hardcover. 1st Edition, Stated; First Printing. Black covers with silver-metallic titles. Book has light wear and one small bump on bottom front edge. Former owner's name at bottom of ffep. Feels read but carefully. Solid, VG copy. Jacket has some small tears and chip and shows wear but is still attractive In mylar. G+ to VG-. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 399 pages; Count Basie's autobiography, co-written with journalist and musicologist, Murray. This copy has been signed on the ffep, with an inscription, by Billy Ecstine, one of the most significant jazz vocalists of the mid-20th century and a close friend of Basie's. In fact, Eckstine is the person Basie credits with his big-band comeback in the 1950's. Excellent book and association. Blockson 8011. ; Signed by Associated.

First edition SIGNED. Attractively inscribed and fully signed by Albert Murray to the half title page. Fine and bright black boards in very close to fine pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Nicely illustrated with vintage black and white photographs.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Very close to fine in near fine dust jacket. (Slight trace of shelf-wear to jacket. Hint of faint sticker ghost on front end-paper. ) Autobiography of Count Basie.

Condition: Very good. New York, NY: Random House, (1985)., (1985). Very good. 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.

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Inscribed by eleven members of the Count Basie Orchestra, the first edition of Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xiv, [2], 399pp. Gray hardcover, title in silver on black cloth spine. Stated "First Edition" with publisher's full number line. Solid text block, light wear to corners, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $19.95 retail price on front flap, light wear along top edge, a near fine example. Signed by numerous members of the Count Basie Orchestra on the front endpaper, Albert Murray on the half-title, and on a laid-in card by Count Basie. Murray's inscription reads: "To Stanley Cigar Cohen for Martha from Albert Murray / at the Gatz / in Feb 86." From top to bottom, signatures include: Grover Mitchell (Trombone), Butch Miles, Rudy Rutherford (Clar + Sax), Jimmy Lewis (Bass), Buddie Tate, Eddie Preston (Trumpet), Freddie Green, Frank Foster, Frank Wess, Tommy (?), and one additional unidentifiable name.