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NORMAN GRANZ: THE WHITE MOSES OF BLACK JAZZ
by DAMPSEY J. TRAVIS , Author , Historian , Former Jazz Musician etc
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0941484343
- ISBN 13
- 9780941484343
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
CHICAGO: URBAN RESEARCH PRESS, 2003 Black Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 240 x 160 mm approx. [iv] +304 pp illustrated with many reproductions of b/w photos, ephemera and documents. First Edition 2003. Biography of the American Jazz impresario and the many Jazz musicians and vocalists of his day. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine / As new (Book light shelf rubbing to tail of spine, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket as new in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 126832
- Title
- NORMAN GRANZ: THE WHITE MOSES OF BLACK JAZZ
- Author
- DAMPSEY J. TRAVIS , Author , Historian , Former Jazz Musician etc
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0941484343
- ISBN 13
- 9780941484343
- Publisher
- URBAN RESEARCH PRESS
- Place of Publication
- CHICAGO
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Jazz Musicians , Norman Granz, Dempsey J Travis, Author , Historian , Former Jazz Musician etc. Biography, Jazz Musicians, Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Young, Mary Lou Williams, Coleman Hawkins, Gene Krupa, Clark Terry, Nat King Cole, Lionel Hampton, Billie Ho
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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- New
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- Fine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
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- Gilt
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