[Rarebooks] FS: Really The Blues SIGNED by Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Pops Foster, Velma Middleton, etc.

[Charles Agvent]

[ARMSTRONG,  Louis; BECHET, Sidney; etc.] MEZZROW, Mezz  &  WOLFE,
Bernard.  REALLY  THE  BLUES. New York: Random  House  (1946).  Second
Printing.  This  copy is SIGNED by both authors on the front  endpaper
along  with American Jazz legends Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet as
well  as Velma Middleton, who served a long stint in Armstrong's  band
as  vocalist, and Pops Foster, who is generally acknowledged as  being
the  father of the jazz bass. On a rear blank are three signatures  of
French  musicians  including  orchestra leader and specialist  in  the
music   of  Bechet,  Jacques  Doudelle.   An  amazing  collection   of
autographs  including  three of the most important figures in Jazz  on
one page. Very Good in a Near Fine dustwrapper.               $2500.00

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