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

[Charles Agvent]

[ARMSTRONG, Louis; BECHET, Sidney; etc.] MEZZROW, Mezz & WOLFE, Bernard. 
REALLY THE BLUES. New York: Random House, (1946). First Edition. 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. (#013355)        $2,500.00

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