Basie William (10 results)

Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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First Edition. 8vo, pp. xiv, 399. Index. Illustrated with photographs. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Edges very slightly soiled, o/w a nice copy in little chipped and scuffed dj. Old price sticker on end paper.

LP 30 cm. Farbig illustriertes OCover mit Portraits der Interpreten. Cover sehr gut. Platte nahezu tadellos. Neuauflage der 1963 erstmals erschienenen Platte mit anderem Cover. Enthält neben dem Titelstück "Honeysuckle Rose", "Deed I do", "Dream a little Dream of me", "Tea for two", "Satin Doll", "Shiny Stockings" u.a. Sprache: de.

Vintage photograph of Count Basie with his orchestra in the RCA-Victor studio in 1947. Provenance stamps and the stamp of photographer Conrad Eiger on the verso. Basie was one of the best known jazz pianist band leaders in history, having begun his career by accompanying silent films and moving on to create his own innovative jazz orchestra, which pioneered techniques like riffing with a large band, emphasizing the rhythm section, and utilizing arrangers to broaden their sound (including a young Quincy Jones). From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with layout annotations in manuscript ink on the recto margins.

4to (229 x 305 mm). Wire-stitched in the original glossy three-colour printed card wraps. Illustrated throughout. First and only edition. Programme for the 1957 incarnation of the annual Birdland tour, signed at their portraits by Count Basie, Bud Powell (1924-1966), and Joe Williams (1918-99). - A little rubbed on the wraps, light median crease, overall very good.

Vintage sheet music in black and cream printed paper covers. 10¾'' x 7''. Contains 9 pages (4 section concertina) + covers folding sheet music. Cheap paper is browning and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. SHEET MUSIC.

Signed magazine picture, shows Count Basie in a close-up, 5,75 x 8 inch, signed in blue ink "Count Basie", attractively mounted (removable) for fine display with an unsigned photograph of Count Basie as pianist (altogether 11,75 x 8,25 inch), with trimmed edges and mild creases - in fine condition.

Condition: Very Good. Verso of business card signed in blue ink thus: "To Alex / Count Basie" - an in person autograph, collected by Alexander Wright (on his own business card) Lead Skycap at Sky Harbor, who retired in 1998. Born William James Basie on August 21, 1904 in Red Bank, New Jersey, "Count" Basie became one of the greatest band leaders of all time. His unique style of fusing blues and jazz, established swing as a predominant music style in the mid-twentieth Century. He was the first black artist to win a Grammy award in 1958. He played himself in a number of movies, among them, Cinderfella (1960), Sex and the Single Girl (1964) and Blazing Saddles (1974). Mr. Basie was a Free Mason. He died of pancreatic cancer on April 26, 1984, in Hollywood, Florida.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Very unusual. A signed, autographed and partially filled-in Bahamas Immigration disembarkation card together with attached carbon copy by Count Basie. With his full name and date of birth, place of birth, home address and intended address in Bahamas and length of stay given as 2 weeks. Given to a fellow passenger on the flight as a souvenir when he filled in another version. Undated, but likely to be 1970s.The card serial number 006176, would provide an accurate dating. Together with two sheets of British Airways First Class notepaper , the top one signed 'Best Wishes from Count Basie". In Fine condition. Signed by Author(s).