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PANASSIE, HUGUES; GAUTIER, MADELEINE Dictionary of Jazz
Cassell. 1956, First Edition. Hardback. FINE/VG 1st IMPRESSION 1ST ED 1956 CASSELL HARDBACK EDITION. FOREWORD BY LOUIS ARMSTRONG, AND JACKET DESIGN BY PAUL OLIVER. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL DICTIONARY OF JAZZ COMPILED BY THE GREAT SCHOLAR HUGUES PANASSIE WITH MADELEINE GAUTIER. FEATURES THE ORIGINAL PRICE-SNIPPED PICTORIAL DJ, WHICH IS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER, AND MANY RARE PHOTO PLATES FROM THE COLLECTION OF MAX JONES. A MASTERPIECE IN ITS OWN RIGHT AND MUST-HAVE FOR TRADITIONAL JAZZ COLLECTORS, THE DICTIONARY REMAINS A SUBLIME ACHIEVEMENT, AS IT IS MUCH MORE THAN A DICTIONARY - AN OBSTINATE, OBSESSIVE LOVE LETTER TO THE GREATNESS OF WHAT PANASSIE SEES AS THE ORIGINAL NEGRO JAZZ. HE TAKES A CONTROVERSIAL STANCE BY OMITTING THE CONTEMPORARY COOL JAZZ IN FAVOUR OF ARCHIVING THE DETAILS AND NAMES THAT MADE JAZZ THE DEFINING MUSIC OF SOCIAL AND SELF-EXPRESSION. SLIGHT WEAR TO CORNERS OF OTHERWISE WELL-PRESERVED DJ ONLY, INNERS ARE VERY FINE WITH A LITTLE PAGE TAN AS EXPECTED. IMMEDIATE DISPATCH WORLDWIDE FROM UK JAZZ SPECIALIST - MORE PANASSIE AND OTHER RARE JAZZ TITLES AVAILABLE. Fine/Very Good.
Offered for GBP 25.99 = appr. US$ 51.72 by: 84 Charing Cross Road Books - Book number: 001188
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