Jazz from Glynn's Books

London: Jazz Book Club, 1962. Hb, 253pp. Good in a Fair+ dj which has a closed tear, light edgewear and slightly sunned spine. Foxing along top edge of text block, contents clean. The bulk of the book consists of entries ( bios. and criticism) about individual musicians and their recording output during the 1940s.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

London: Jazz Book Club, 1967. Hb, 248pp, b/w photos. Good with clean contents in a Good dj which has a couple of small closed tears. A few light speckles along top edge of page block. The final volume in the Jazz Book Club series. " The life story of the world's most popular jazz pianist and composer. . . told… Read more about this item

London: Jazz Book Club, 1958. Hb, 113pp. Good in a Fair+ dj which has a couple of tears. Endpapers browned, contents clean, a few light speckles along top edge of page block. Chapters cover different instruments e.g. trumpet, tenor sax, string bass etc. and are written by various contributors including Humphrey Littleton and John Collier.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

London: Jazz Book Club, 1962. Hb, 205pp. Good+ with clean contents in Good dj which has sunned spine. Collection of essays based on the author's articles in Jazz Monthly. Includes studies on Billie Holiday, Lester Young, King Oliver, Bix Beiderbecke, Oscar Peterson, Johnny Hodges and Duke Ellington.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: Jazz Book Club, 1960. Hb, 338, xii + xviii. Good(-) in a Good dj which has an inked number on inner flap. Previous owner's name on fep, endpapers have tape marks. History of ragtime music.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: Jazz Book Club, 1964. Hb, 191pp. Good in a Good dj which slightly sunned spine. Light foxing along edge of page block. Novel set amid the New York jazz scene and exploring inter-racial relationships. One of the book's central characters, saxophonist Richie Stokes the Eagle, was inspired by Charlie Parker.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: Mansell, 1984. Hb, laminated pictorial covers, xii + 595pp. Good+, previous owner's initials on fep, contents otherwise clean. 250 of the "best" jazz records (mostly LP collections of 78 r.p.m. originals) from the earliest roots to the beginning of the modern jazz era. Each entry is placed in its musical context, reviewed in depth and with full details on… Read more about this item

London: Jazz Book Club, 1960. Hb, xii + 333pp. Good(-) in a Good dj which has sunned/darkened spine and light edgewear. Pages tanned but clean. Biography of jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke, divided broadly into : The Man; The Musician: His Music (discography).. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1970. Hb, ix + 232pp. Good in a Good dj which has sunned spine and light wear. Previous owner's initials on fep. Light speckles along top edge of page block. Essays on 16 major jazz figures, describing their music, contributions and influences on each other. Includes amongst others Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk,… Read more about this item

London: Jazz Book Club, 1963. Hb, 286pp. Good with clean contents in a Fair dj which has light foxing and a couple of tears on the back. Light foxing along top edge of page block. Biography of New Orleans jazz clarinetist and band leader, George Lewis.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

London: Jazz Book Club, 1957. Hb, 148pp, b/w photos. Good with clean contents in a Fair+ dj which has a couple of tears. Foxing along top edge of page block. Contents : New orleans; Black and white Blues; Music on the Mississippi; Chicago; Boogie-woogie; The playing fool; Harlem; Kansas City riffs; The Blues; Blues on record.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

London: Jazz Book Club, 1959. Hb, 287pp. Good with clean contents in a Fair dj which has sunned/darkened spine and chipped edges. Examines the origins, evolution and musical features of jazz with chapters such as " Anatomy of jazz melody", " Hot rhythm" and " The scalar structure of jazz".. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1987. Hb, xv + 331pp, b/w photos. Good+ in VG dj. Previous owner's initials on fep but otherwise very good and clean. Biography of the American clarinetist and saxophonist; one of the major figures in early jazz, whose career extended from the USA to France. . Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read more about this item

London: Grafton Books, 1987. Hb, xi + 562pp, b/w photos. Good+ in a VG dj. Previous owner's initials on fep, otherwise very good and clean. Comprehensive A-Z jazz reference with over 1,600 entries covering musicians, styles, terms, history, and regions. Biographical entries include facts about their life, a critical assessment of their music and a reference to main recordings..… Read more about this item

London: George G. Harrap, 1970. Hb, 192pp, b/w photos. Good with clean contents and clipped fep, in a Good(-) dj which has a couple of tears and edgewear. Autobiography of the British bandleader and entertainer Billy Cotton, from his days as a pilot in World War I through his establishing and leading a dance band in the 1920s and 1930s,… Read more about this item

London: Jazz Book Club, 1966. Hb, 216pp. Good with clean contents in a Fair dj which has 1 cm loss to top of spine and edgewear to corners. Includes profiles of Louis Armstrong, Joe Oliver, Bessie Smith and Stan Kenton amongst others.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

London: Jazz Book Club, 1965. Hb, 224pp. Good+ with clean contents in a Good dj which has light edgewear and a couple of marks on the front. Translated from the French by Noel Burch. Contents : On jazzmen; On criticism; On group relations; On works; Listening notes; Prospects of jazz.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

N.Y.: Collier, 1974. Pb, 255pp, b/w photos. Good, cover crease, previous owner's initials on fep, text clean. Examines the Jazz Age of the 1920's when the genre emerged as a powerful social and musical force. Contents: Louis Armstrong from 1924 to 1931; Earl Hines; Bix Biederbecke; The Chicagoans; Fats Waller and James P. Johnson; Jack Teagarden; Fletcher Henderson and Don… Read more about this item

London: Jazz Book Club, 1958. Hb, 260pp, b/w portrait frontis. Good(-) in a Poor dj which has loss, several tears and sunned spine. Endpapers browned, contents clean, sunned top edge. Life of jazz and blues vocalist, Ethel Waters, who was also an Academy award nominated actress and one of the first black actors to have their own television show.. Hard… Read more about this item

London/N.Y.: Continuum, 2001. Pb, 214pp, b/w photos. Good+, marginal wear, clean contents. Autobiography of American jazz musician William Marcel "Buddy" Collette, who was a founding member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet in the mid 1950s. Playing several instruments, he was also a composer and arranger.. Soft Cover.