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Lot Of 3: The Story of Jazz, World of Count Basie & The Street That Never Slept

Lot Of 3 Books of Jazz History: The Story of Jazz by Marshall Stearns. New York: Mentor Books, first printing November 1958. Vintage paperback. 272 pages. In good condition except for big crease on front cover. The World of Count Basie by Stanley Baker. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1980. 399 pages. Dust jacket has multiple tears and is distressed. Interior is in very good condition. The Street That Never Slept by Arnold Shaw. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1971. 378 pages. The very attractive dust jacket is frayed, and the flaps are separated. The interior is in very good condition.

52nd St. The Street of Jazz; Arnold Shaw; 1971; Very Good Condition.

A popular music magazine said: “A breezy slice-of-nightlife history fo the jazz-famous “street that never slept New York’s 52nd Street. Long interviews with jazz musicians and club owners recreate the frenetic nocturnal doings that made the Street the jazz center of the world. . . ” Another said” A hugely entertaining profitle of 52nd Street, The Street That Never Slept. . . . A sprightly and often hilarious rom, richly sprinkled with anecdotes. . . If you’re too young to have lived the Street, this book will bring you as close to that experience as possible. . . if you were there it’ll bring it all back” See photos. Message me with any questions.

Jazz, Matisse, 1985, E-119

“I have attained a form filtered to its essentials.”. Cutting dynamic shapes from painted paper, Matisse created his images. While producing pieces for Jazz, the artist used a large brush to write notes to himself on construction paper.

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