Gillespie Dizzy, Signed (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardback in fair condition with a fair dust jacket. Dust jacket has been covered in tape and taped to book. Signed and Inscribed by Dizzy Gillespie. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Inscribed " To Harold- Thanks A Lot!* - B_ Bop - Dizzy Gillespie '80"on the front paste-down. The dust jacket is edge worn. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. book is in fine condition with very minor wear and tear along the bottom and top edges. cover is clothbound with paper boards, and inside cover is adorned with a signature from the author. jacket is in near fine condition with minor wear but protected with a vinyl cover. pages are also in fine condition, clean and white with no stains or yellowing and contain several black and white photos throughout. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. 8vo, pp. xix, 552. Discography, index. Al Fraser co-author. Notations in ink by musicians James Moody, Mike Longo, Joe Carroll, Paul West, and Milton Hinton; written beside sections that quoted them. Illustrated with photographs. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Cover very slightly worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy in little scuffed and chipped dj. A blend of Dizzy's words and rememberances by the musicians who knew him.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R110281307: 1981. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 514 pages. Quelques photographies en noir et blanc hors texte. Envoi de l'auteur sur le premier contreplat. 2 photos disponibles. . . . Classification Dewey : 781.65-Jazz.

Couverture souple. Condition: Mauvais. In-8° broché. Dédicace de Dizzy Gillespie to Ed. Ouvrage en français. Couverture un peu gondolée, insolée, jaunie, tachée, salie, quelques mouillures, pliures, accrocs, rayures, important manque de papier au second plat à l'emplacement d'une étiquette, papier noirci à l'emplacement de l'étiquette. Papier un peu jauni, quelques salissures, taches dont d'encre, rousseurs et mouillures parfois plus fortes, des coins cornés ou pliés. Tranches jaunies, tachées, très salies, roussies, mouillures. Dédicacé par l'auteur.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Doubleday. 1979. Garden City, New York. 552 pages. 1st edition, early printing. Lacks a First Edition statement on copyright page. SIGNED and INSCRIBED directly to the front pastedown by DIZZY GILLESPIE : To Rena & Moore (?), My Good Friends. I hope you like this book. - Dizzy Gillespie '83. The book is near fine as corners are sharp and panels are bright. rear panel shows 2 minor, very small scuffs. Most faint, faint foxing (barely) to top page edges. A small space between backstrip and biding. Binding and hinges are strong. Clean within. DJ in slightly lesser shape than the attractive book. $15.95 price intact on DJ flap. DJ shows some rubbing and chipping along edges. A tiny closed edge tear to DJ rear. Light handling and soiling to DJ. Book itself appears unread. Now, the question is, who were Dizzy's "good friends" he inscribed this copy to? Jazz community is vast and wide. any ideas? Signed by Author(s).

A most unusual jazz souvenir. The owner evidently took (perhaps wore) this tie to gigs and assembled an impressive collection of top-line autographs. From the personnel involved, we infer that the tie's owner was based in France. The groups include all of Bill Coleman's band from European tours of the early 1950s and a similar bunch for Mezz Mezzrow. There is a heavy representation of Ellingtonians, a clutch of Basie-ites including the Count, and a number of Black musicians who chose to make their homes in France after the Second World War. Because of the difficulties of signing on the silk surface, a few have blocked out their names rather than signing fluently, and a couple of signatures have resisted our attempt to decipher them. Starry single names include Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Roy Eldridge, Lil Armstrong, and Lionel Hampton; eminent Ellingtonians Russell Procope, Don Byas, Kay Davis, Jimmy Hamilton, Alva McCain, Ray Nance, Butch Ballard, Nelson Williams, and Harry Carney; Basie and a pair of bandmates, Wendell Culley and Marshal Royal; Bill Coleman with Zutty Singleton, Buddy Banks, Randy Downes, and Dick Wells; Mezzrow accompanied by Buck Clayton, Red Richards, Claude Sedric, "Taps" Miller and dancer Della Grayson from his 1953 tour of France. Pale blue silk tie with textured diagonal stripe. Somewhat worn, quite literally, and with a few small spots, some signatures a touch faded but in the main strong and legible, but overall very good.

Excellent double album collecting Dizzy's first outings as leader, here with the signatures of Dizzy together with 10 other eminent participants seemingly fortuitously gathered at the Nice Jazz Festival in 1976, original photocopy programme for both days loosely inserted; Dexter Gordon, Shelly Manne, Percy Heath, Sonny Stitt, Harry Sweets Edison, Slam Stewart, John Lewis, Jimmy Heath, Milt Jackson & Sarah Vaughan. "All of trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's earliest sessions as a leader, recordings that have greatly influenced jazz to the present time and set the standard for bebop. In addition to "Blue 'N' Boogie," there are seven classics with Charlie Parker (Sarah Vaughan guests on "Lover Man"), a session with Sonny Stitt and eight exciting big-band performances including "Things to Come." This essential music. concludes with three songs from a fun but less-significant small-group session from 1950" (Scott Yanow, allmusic). Wonderful collection of signatures from contributors to a sequence of ground-breaking recordings. 2 12-inch vinyl LP records in pictorial gatefold sleeve, lined paper sleeves. Disc rings to front and back slicks, some scuffing of the spine, discs in excellent condition, bright and scuff free, very good.

Appealingly signed by Diz in blue ballpoint on his portrait, "To George, Happy Listenin', Dizzy Gillespie". This is the first pressing of the "Collectors Issue" release, the album issued originally on three 7 inch EPs in the same year, comprising an excellent compilation of Gillespie's pioneering bop big band recordings made between 1947 and 1949. Cook and Morton note that "while he continued to credit Parker as the real inspirational force behind bebop, Gillespie was the movement's scholar, straw boss, sartorial figurehead and organizer: his love of big-band sound led him into attempts to orchestrate the new music that resulted in some of the most towering jazz records". They also award the 2CD compilation entitled The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, of which this forms a part, the maximum four star rating and the rare accolade of a crown, signifying "a special token of merit. This is to denote records we feel a special admiration or affection for". The unattributed cover artwork is most engaging and owes something to Paul Klee's whimsical and witty surrealism, with fireworks crackling out of the bell of a horn along with signature bop elements occasionally sported by Diz: beret, horn-rimmed glasses, moustache and goatee. Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, ninth edition, 2008; Discogs website. 12-inch vinyl LP (RCA Victor LJM-1009), new plain white inner sleeve, original gatefold album cover. A little shelfwear, partial split at head of spine and top edge, light signs of handling but still presenting very well; a couple of minor abrasions to disc otherwise in excellent condition.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Assez bon. Rare - Superb large photo signed in 1981. Size : 20x25.5 cm. Condition : slightly bent corners, to be flattened a little, please see scans. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

Thin cardboard. 14,5 x 10 cm. Framed in black passepartout [32 x 23.5 cm] with photo. Signed in blue pen. Name typed on front by recipient. Music notes and stamp of musician on front. Stamp with date on back. Filing number and date of death written on back. Two holes after hole puncher. * Dizzy Gillespie [1917-1993] was an American jazz trumpeter, and one of the main musicians developing the music style Bebop. Dizzy Gillespie has been a great influence for many musicians, such as Miles Davis, Clifford Brown and Lee Mogan. He was the bandleader of many big bands, and was involved in the Afro-Cuban jazz movement.

JOHN BIRKS DIZZY GILLESPIE (1917-1993). Gillespie was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator, and singer. In 1989, he was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.PS. 4 x 6. N.d. N.p. A photograph signed To Jimmie, Be Bop Dizzy Gillespie. The photograph is a black-and-white image of Gillespie smiling and holding a trumpet in his right hand. The photograph is printed on cardstock and is in excellent condition.