Language: French
Seller: PhP Autographs, Hastière, Belgium
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
Pas de couverture. Condition: Satisfaisant. Rare signed jazz program. Size : 27x21 cm. Condition : Coleman's signature is barely visible, please see scans. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.
WELLS, Dicky. The Night People. Boston: Crescendo Publishing Company, 1971. First edition. 118 pages with several black and white images of Wells' bandmates and jazz colleagues. 5.5" x 8.5". Introduction by Count Basie. Memoir of jazz trombonist Dicky Wells, who played with Count Basie between 1938 and 1945 and 19471950. He also played with Cecil Scott, Spike Hughes, Fletcher Henderson, Benny Carter, Teddy Hill, Jimmy Rushing, Buck Clayton and Ray Charles. "Told in Well's own racy vernacular, it tells how it was to travel on the road with the great Negro bands." Some chipping to margins of dust jacket, otherwise very good+ condition.