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Bardin, Desdemone: Jazz zoom ; carryin' it on.  New York 2004. 136 p.
    Photos in b&w and interviews with musicians like A. Shepp, Sun Ra,
    R. Weston, B. Bang, F. Bass, L. Bowie, Ch.Gayle, Butch Morris,
    M. Brown, Marshal Allen, L. Jenkins et al.       LP-sized     hb    EUR 65.00

Beringer, Johannes: Jazzistisches I-III. Berlin 1994. 115 p. Sammlung
    kurzer Texte zu Musikern u. Themen des Jazz von Bebop bis heute.
    Großformat     pb    EUR   9.90

Bernotas, Bob: Reed all about it ; interviews and master classes with

     jazz's leading reed players. New York 2002. XI,310 p. Byron, Bluiett,

Richardson, Griffin, Sanders, Lovano etc         pb         EUR 24.85

Bernotas, Bob: Top brass ; interviews and master classes with jazz's

      leading brass players.New York 2002. XI,282 p. Al Grey, Farmer,

     C. Terry, Bowie, Benny Powell, Turre etc.        pb         EUR 24.85

Bied, Dan: Dan Bied's jazz reader. Burlington, Ia. 1997. XII,254 p.

     50 photos. Basie, Kenton, McKinley, Goodman, Artie Shaw, Hodes,

Bix memorials etc.                pb         EUR 24.05

Gerber, Mike: Jazz jews. Nottingham 2009. 656 p. Benny

Goodman, Ronnie Scott, Eddie Rosner et al. from both

sides of the Atlantic and all jazz styles hb EUR 32.50

Hargrove, Rich, with M. Eleanor Fisher: Satchmo, Duke, Rabbit, & me ;

     anecdotal jazz.[Elizabeth City, N.C.] 1998. 163 p. Illustrated.

     Anecdotes    pb         EUR 25.65

Hillman, Christopher & Roy Middleton, Clive Wilson:

New Orleans trumpet in Chicago.Tavistock 2010.

100 p. + 1 CD (rare material) Lee Collins, Punch Miller,

Herb Morand, Guy Kelly plus drummer Snags Jones in

race recordings in Chicago during the 1930s.

Biographical and discographical information

soon, ca. book/CD set: pb EUR 17.90

Hillman, Christopher & Roy Middleton, Clive Wilson:

Chicago swingers. Tavistock 2010. Details other

Chicago blues recordings feat. trumpet, trombone,

clarinet, and saxophonefrom the same milieu.

ca. June ca. pb EUR 17.90

Koenig, Karl: The jazz essays. [n.p. 1996-2002]. 3 vols (606 p.)
    Ex. of music.     large set:     pb    EUR 47.75

Koenigswarter, Pannonica de: Les musiciens de jazz et leur trois vœux.

Paris 2006. 302 p. Propos recueillis et photographies. Incl. numerous

pictures taken by Pannonica, b&w and color.

Text in French! pb EUR 47.25

Liefland, Wilhelm E.: Musik-Kritiken. Kriftel 1992. 190 p.  pb         EUR 14.30

Miller, Mark: A certain respect for tradition ; Mark Miller on jazz ;

selected writings 1980-2005. Toronto 2006. 190 p. Illustrated.

Jabbo Smith, J. Zorn, D. Donegan, Cecil Taylor etc. pb EUR 18.45

Schiedt, Duncan P.: Twelve lives in jazz. Parma 1996. 176 p. Illustr.

Armstrong, Bix, Bessie, Jelly Roll, Fletcher, Duke, Waller, Goodman,

Basie, Billie, C. Hawkins, Bird       large          hb         EUR 35.90

Tomens, Robin: Points of departure ; essays on modern jazz.

     Exeter 2001. 213 p. Charlie Parker via Monk to Cecil Taylor     

     pb    EUR 19.00

Vacher, Peter: Soloists and sidemen ; American jazz stories.
    London 2004. XII,233p. Incl. rare and unpublished photos.
    M. Buckner, Cozy Cole, H. Edison, T. Edwards, Art Farmer,
    I. Jacquet, J. Mance, G. Mitchell, Benny Waters, Britt Woodman et al.
                                          large     pb    EUR 28.50

Wyndham, Tex: Texas shout ; how Dixieland Jazz works.

     Seattle, Wash. 1997. XII,346 p. Illustrated collection of Wyndham's

articles in various tradjazz magazines             pb         EUR 40.05

Yates, Chris: Blue horizons ; aspects of a

changing jazz scene. Scarborough 2009.

164 p. pb EUR 15.95

All that jazz : from New Orleans to Hollywood and beyond / ed. by Franco

La Polla. Milano 2003.  270 p. Illustrated. 8 esssays and 4 interviews

     (Ken Burns, B. Tavernier, Lalo Schifrin, A. Courneau) about "Jazz and

     Film". All texts in English!      pb         EUR 33.75

All that Swedish Jazz : 12 schwedische Jazzstars erobern die Welt

/ hrsg. von Lisbeth Axelsson & Rolf Jansson. Bad Oeynhausen

2010. 224 p. + 1 CD. Reich illustriertes Porträt von

12 zeitgenössischen Musikern und Sängerinnen aus

Schweden. ca. Buch/CD-Set ca. hb EUR 35.00

Les années Jazz Magazine 1954-2000. Levallois-Perret 2000. 508 p.

     Articles and photos from 45 years of Jazz Magazine issues. Text in

     French.   extra large hb         EUR 72.90

Auge & Ohr : Begegnungen mit Weltmusik = Ear & eye : encounters with
    World Music / Christoph Wagner. Mainz 2004. 187 p.+ 1 CD.
    Musicians and composers comment on historic picture postcards
    showing musicians of enthic music. Koglmann, Mariano, Myra
    Melford, Lol Coxhill, R. Carl  u.a.            book/CD-Set:     hb     EUR 34.90

Diary of jazz : a perpetual calendar / ed. by Ingo Wulff. Kiel 1996. [160] p.

     Incl. 12 interviews by Karl Lippegaus with Frisell, Peacock, Miles,

     Konitz, Portal et al., as well as 48 b&w photos by Brask, Claxton,

Quinke, Willoughby, Gignoux, Sol et al.          hb         EUR 29.80

The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual : the musicians,

the records & the music of the 78 era / ed. by

Paul Swinton. - No. 1. Fleet 2009. 176 p.

+ 1 CD (26 tracks). N. O. blues, Opal Cooper,

Thomas Morris, Paramount 1935, Henry Thomas,

Carl Reid, S. Bechet, Big Charlie Thomas, etc.

Numerous illustrations large pb EUR 39.00

Jazz improvisation : advice from the masters / ed. by Jim Durso &

Karla Harby. Long Beach, N.Y. 2004. 36 p. Brackeen, Dave Douglas,

James Moody, Hal Galper, Joe Venuti, Red Nichols etc.

large pb EUR 23.00

Jazz Life : Essays zum Alltag von Jazzmusikern anhand ihrer

Autobiografien / Silvano Luca Gerosa & Karoline Thürkauf (Hrsg.).

Frankfurt [etc.] 2005. 197 p. (Menschen und Strukturen ; Bd. 14)

Jelly Roll Morton, E. Condon, Mingus, Miles, A. Pepper pb EUR 39.00

Let's cool one - chamber jazz / Lektorat: Ingrid Karl. Wien 1996. 80 p.

     (Wespennest :Sonderheft Musik ; 1) Program book of a concert series

feat. Joe Maneri, Franz Koglmann, Myra Melford, Hannes Zerbe et al.

     Texts deutsch & English   large          pb         EUR   7.90

Tell no lies, claim no easy victories / Philipp Schmickl [etc.].

Nickelsdorf 2009. 208 p. Illustrated tribute to 30 years of the

Nickelsdorfer Konfrontationen Festival. Texts in German,

English, français. John Carter, Gräwe, Evan Parker,

J. McPhee etc. pb EUR 24.90

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