signed Large Softcover
1999 · New York
by Ellington, Duke; Marsalis, Wynton; O'Meally, Robert G.; Crouch, Stanley; James, Michael; Holley, Eugene; Murray, Albert; Boyer, Richard O.; Dance, Stanley; Ellison, Ralph
New York: Jazz at Lincoln Center, 1999. Signed Copy. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 8x0x12. Signed by author. Inscribed & signed by Walter Blanding, Jr. on rear wrapper corner ('Joe: Thank you, it's been a pleasure! Sincerely Walter' - the r of Walter is stylized into a saxophone and a musical stave). Blanding is a saxophonist and 'member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra since 1998 [who] has performed, toured and/or recorded with his own groups and with such renowned artists as the Cab Calloway Orchestra, Roy Hargrove, Hilton Ruiz, Count Basie Orchestra, Illinois Jacquet Big Band, Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Roberts, Wynton Marsalis Quintet, Isaac Hayes, and many others.' - Jazz at Lincoln Center. 1999 Large Softcover. 160 pp. A collection of writings contributed by various authors in honor of the Ellington centennial celebration by Jazz at Lincoln Center, with numerous black & white photographs throughout. (Inventory #: 2195254)