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Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1986. Vintage studio still photograph showing musicians Ry Cooder and Otis Taylor during a soundtrack recording session for the 1986 film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A white teenager is pulled into an adventure as he explores the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson, who purportedly sold his soul to the… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Mark VII Ltd. / Warner Brothers, 1955. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1955 film noir, showing composer Ray Heindorf at the piano, with actress Janet Leigh and director Jack Webb to the left. With the stamps of Warner Brothers and photographer Floyd McCarty to the verso. In 1927, a Kansas City trumpet… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Draft script for the 1950 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs bound in variously among the script pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of… Read more about this item

Venice, CA: Capricorn Productions, 1975. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With an annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting the title of the script, and another on the first page of text, noting an editorial revision. The jazz-loving navigator of a small Japanese submarine finds himself accidentally stranded in a small American town in… Read more about this item

New York: Leacock-Pennebaker, 1970. Vintage gathering of promotional press materials for the 1970 film. The gathering includes seven leaves of material including, two variants of the promotional graphics for the film, one printed on a rust-colored leaf and one on a purple leaf, one leaf of credits, two leaves of "Production Notes" and biographies of co-producer Woodie King and… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., Unknown. Treatment script for an unproduced film. A jazz cornet player finally finds love, but when his wife dies giving birth to their first child, the musician's life is changed forever. Set in New Orleans, New Jersey, New York, and Chicago. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credit for screenwriter Herbert… Read more about this item

Champigny-sur-Marne: ECM, 1978. Vintage jumbo French record store poster for the release of Jack DeJohnette's 1978 album. Jazz drummer, pianist, and composer Jack DeJohnette released his 15th studio release, "New Directions," as a quartet in 1978, with John Abercrombie on guitar, Lester Bowie on trumpet, and Eddie Gómez on bass. 47 x 30.5 inches, Folded as issued.… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 2000. Vintage "An acoustic evening with Medeski Martin and Wood" poster for Medeski Martin and Wood's 2000 acoustic tour, in promotion of their live acoustic album, "Tonic." Formed in 1991 by keyboardist John Medeski, drummer Billy Martin, and bassist Chris Wood, Medeski Martin and Wood developed their own unique brand of improvisational jazz fusion, incorporating influences… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1957. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1957 documentary film, showing Louis Armstrong and Edmond Hall in performance. Mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A biography following Armstrong and his band as they embark on a world tour. Shot on location in Cape Town, South Africa, in London, England, and in… Read more about this item

London: Cinema International, 1972. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1972 film, both showing actress Diana Ross shooting up in a bathroom. Provenance stamp on the versos of both photographs. Based on Billie Holiday's 1956 autobiography, which recounts Holiday's troubled rise to fame, failed romantic relationships, and drug addiction. Ross' film debut. Set in New… Read more about this item

Las Vegas: Fremont Street Reggae and Blues Club, 1994. Vintage flyer advertising San Francisco's Fremont Street Reggae and Blues Club's June, 1994, calendar dates, with six featured performances on the verso. The calendar includes reggae dates on the left column and blues dates on the right. The performers featured on the verso are Raskidus, Ass Izz, New… Read more about this item

New York: Okeh Records, 1941. Three vintage Okeh Records catalogs, representing the years 1929 and 1941, and the month of August, 1940. Although the company's releases spanned a number of musical genres, Okeh became best known for its jazz and blues "race" recordings, releasing a string of successful singles by Louis Armstrong, Lonnie Johnson, King Oliver, Lucille… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Farley's, 1990. Vintage flyer for a concert at Farley's Cafe of San Francisco, featuring Big Bones and the Bone-a-fide Blues Band, circa early 1990s. Located in Potrero Hill, Farley's Cafe (now Farley's Coffeehouse) has been a popular cafe since 1989, frequently hosting live music. 8.5 x 11 inches, with center star hand colored with marker.… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1942. Two vintage reference photographs of Ethel Waters from the 1942 film. A successful American newspaper reporter is sent to cover the war in Europe. A British spy asks him to bring a coded message to Cairo where he finds out a movie star he is a fan of is a Nazi… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: WGBH, 1984. Vintage one-color poster for a Premiere WGBH Jazz Concert of The Mingus Dynasty at the Berklee Performance Center, Saturday, September 15, circa 1984, with the supporting act of the Jay Brandford Septet.. The Mingus Dynasty jazz ensemble formed in 1979 following the death of legendary jazz musician and composer Charles Mingus, taking their name… Read more about this item

New York: The Day School, 1980. Vintage mailer for "Zoot," a performance by Zoot Sims and his ensemble, for the third performance of the Church of the Heavenly Rest's fourth "Heavenly Jazz Concert" season, Sunday, February 3, 1980. Sims ensemble includes Lee Konitz, Tommy Flanagan, Red Mitchell, Joe Cohn, and Mike De Pasqua. The Heavenly Jazz Concert series were… Read more about this item

New Orleans: Herman Leonard, 1990. Two vintage borderless oversize photographs of bebop and hard bop jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt, taken in New York in 1953 and struck by legendary jazz photographer Herman Leonard circa mid-1990s. One photograph titled and signed by Leonard along the bottom edge. The other photograph, used by Leonard in publications, bears two photographer labels on… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Maryland State Arts Council / National Endowment for the Arts, 1987. Vintage one-color Julius Hemphill and Baltimore Jazz Workshop Big Band poster for a performance at the Baltimore Museum of Art, March 21, 1987. One of free jazz's most visionary composers, Julius Arthur Hemphill was a jazz composer and saxophonist best known as the founder of the… Read more about this item

New York: Avery Fischer Hall, 1981. Vintage fold-out mailer for two performances by Dizzy Gillespie's Dream Band, at the Avery Fisher Hall, on February 16, 1981. Stamped on the bottom of the verso from Universal Jazz Coalition, Inc., to noted jazz photographer Jeffrey Kliman (J.G. Kliman), and postmarked February 12, 1981. The legendary concerts at Avery Fisher Hall… Read more about this item

Dallas: Dallas Jazz Society, 1981. Vintage 8th Annual Charlie Parker Festival poster at the Recovery Room Revisited, featuring James Moody, presented by the Dallas Jazz Society, August 28-30, 1981. The Recovery Room of Dallas, Texas, hosted annual Charlie Parker Festivals for seven years, until the famed jazz club closed in 1980. Thanks to the Dallas Jazz Society, the… Read more about this item