Foster Benny (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 608 pages. 8.50x6.00x1.40 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Good. 1971. First Edition. 227 pages. Signed by the author. Illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour plates. Signed by the author with dedication to Richard on title page. Clean pages and plates with light tanning. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edge wear with tears and creases. Minor sunning to spine. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 227 pages. Inscribed by author. Dj worn and chippedr.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Photograph available on request.

Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. Alle Bücher & Medienartikel von Book Broker sind stets in gutem & sehr gutem gebrauchsfähigen Zustand. Unser Produktfoto entspricht dem hier angebotenen Artikel, dieser weist folgende Merkmale auf: Altersentsprechend nachgedunkelte/saubere Seiten in fester Bindung. Schutzumschlag weist Gebrauchsspuren auf. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Hardback. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 1st UK, 1st impression. Autobiography of sportsman and administrator known as Britain's "Mr Cycling". Book has very clean red boards with no marks or inscriptions except quite extensive pencilled annotations (arrows), easily removable. Jacket intact generally with some loss to spine bottom/rear cover.

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.

21 x 27 cm s/w Zeitschriftausschnitt und der Artikel "Count Basie and his orchestra". Mittelfalz Count Basie, geboren als William Allen Basie (* 21. August 1904 in Red Bank, New Jersey; 26. April 1984 in Hollywood, Florida) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Pianist, Organist, Komponist und einer der bedeutendsten Bandleader des Swing. Marshall Royal (gelegentlich auch Marshal Royal) (* 12. Mai 1912 in Sapulpa (Oklahoma); 9. Mai 1995 in Los Angeles (Kalifornien)) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Altsaxophonist, Klarinettist des Swing. Frank Wess (* 4. Januar 1922 in Kansas City; 30. Oktober 2013) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Saxophonist (Tenor und Alt) und Flötist afroamerikanischer Herkunft, der einem breiten Publikum besonders aus seiner Zeit bei Count Basie bekannt war. 2007 erhielt er die NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship als inspirierter Solist und einer der einflussreichsten Jazzflötisten. Frank Foster (* 23. September 1928 in Cincinnati, Ohio; 26. Juli 2011 in Chesapeake, Virginia) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazzmusiker (Tenor- und Sopran-Saxophon, Arrangement und Komposition), der besonders aus seiner Zeit bei Count Basie bekannt ist. Eric "Big Daddy" Dixon (* 28. März 1930 in Staten Island (New York); 19. Oktober 1989 in New York City) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazzmusiker. Charlie Fowlkes (* 16. Februar 1916 in New York; 9. Februar 1980 in Dallas, Texas) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazzmusiker. Eugene "Snooky" Young (* 3. Februar 1919 in Dayton, Ohio; 11. Mai 2011 in Newport Beach, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Trompeter und Flügelhornist, auch Saxophonist und Sänger. George T. "Sonny" Cohn (* 14. März 1925 in Chicago, Illinois; 7. November 2006 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazztrompeter, der von 1960 bis 1990 im Count Basie Orchestra spielte. Thaddeus Joseph Jones (* 28. März 1923 in Pontiac, Michigan; 20. August 1986 in Kopenhagen, Dänemark) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazztrompeter, Kornettist, Flügelhornist, Arrangeur und Komponist und Big-Band-Leiter. Henry Coker (* 24. Dezember 1914 in Dallas; 23. November 1979 in Los Angeles) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazzposaunist des Swing und Modern Jazz. Benjamin Gordon "Benny" Powell (* 1. März 1930 in New Orleans, Louisiana; 26. Juni 2010) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Posaunist. Quentin Leonard "Butter" Jackson (* 13. Januar 1909 in Springfield/Ohio; 2. Oktober 1976 in New York City) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Posaunist. Freddie Green (geboren als Frederic William Green; * 31. März 1911 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA; 1. März 1987 in Las Vegas) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazzgitarrist. Sein Merkmal war besonders die verfeinerte Rhythmusarbeit an der Gitarre in Big Bands, insbesondere dem Count Basie Orchestra, wo er der "All-American Rhythm Section" angehörte mit Basie am Klavier, Jo Jones am Schlagzeug und Walter Page am Bass. Sonny Payne (* 4. Mai 1926 in New York; 29. Januar 1979 in Los Angeles als Percival Payne) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazzschlagzeuger. Er spielte bei Count Basie und Harry James. (Wikipedia) Sprache: deutsch.