JOEL WHITBURN'S POP MEMORIES 1890-1954: THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC [SIGNED]

Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. tall 8vo., 657 pp., [3 pp.], VG-; dark brown faux-leather cloth boards, gold lettering; overall mild scuffing to boards, bumping to middle of spine, rounding to head and tail; rounding to head of fore-edge, mild wear/scattered staining to text-block, aged-paste residue to top and bottom at headband; boards slightly cocked, front board somewhat shaken, back board tight, slight shelf lean yet stands alone, binding strong; interior clean, creasing to bottom corners of pp. 583-586 visible to text-block; SIGNED by 15 well-known persons in the jazz industry; LIST OF SIGNATURES: [1] Flip Phillips (1915-2001): American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player; [2] Joe Williams (1918-1999): American jazz singer; [3] Milt Hinton (1910-2000): American double bassist and photographer; [4] Frank Foster (1928-2011): American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flutist, arranger, and composer; [5] Al Grey (1925-2000): American jazz trombonist; [6] Gary Burton (b. 1943): living American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator known for his plunger mute technique and his book on the subject; [7] Rebecca Parris (b. 1951), living American jazz singer; [8] Virginia Mayhew (b. 1959): living American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader based in New York; [9] Eddie Higgins (1932-2009): American jazz pianist, composer, and orchestrator; [10] Frank Wess (1922-2013): American jazz saxophonist and flutist; [11] Bucky Pizzarelli (b. 1926): living American jazz guitarist; [12] Gene Bertoncini (b. 1937): living American jazz guitarist; [13] Leonard Feather (1914-1994): British jazz pianist, composer, and producer best known as a writer and music journalist; [14] Dorothy Donegan (1914-1922): American jazz pianist; [15] Makoto Ozone (b. 1961): Japanese jazz pianist; shelved case 12. 1291088. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. (Inventory #: 1291088)