[Jazz] Armstrong, Louis. Swing That Music

London, etc.: Longmans, Green and Co., 1936. First edition. 8vo. xii, (ii), 136 pp., plus 11 folding sheets of printed music scores. Signed or inscribed by dozens of Jazz greats, including Louis Armstrong (inscribed twice), Pee Wee Russell, Eddie Condon, Joe Garland, Kenny "Red" Allen, Jack Teagarden, Jimmie Blanton, Bud Freeman, Stanley Dennis (inscribed to a "Fred"), Ray Bauduc, and over 50 other musicians from the era, many listing their respective instruments (see below for a full list). Original orange cloth, stamped in gilt, upper boards and spine affected by damp; all edges trimmed; upper leaves variously affected by damp, affecting some signatures, scattered soiling at same; frontispiece loose; dust-jacket wanting.

A fantastic copy of this scarce autobiography by Louis Armstrong and of the birth of swing music, inscribed twice by Armstrong, and signed by over 70 of his fellow jazz players of the era.

Signed or inscribed names, include: Henry (Red) Allen (trumpet), Terry Allen, Ernie Anderson, Louis Armstrong (trumpet), Louis Armstrong (2), Mildred Bailey , Charlie Barnet, Wilbur Bascomb (Sr.) (Trumpet), Ray Bauduc (Drums), Sidney Bechel, Bunny Berigan, Barney Bigard, Lee Blair (Guitar), Jimmy Blanton, Dolores Brown, Lawerence brown, Dave Bowman, Harry Carney, Sidney (“Big Sid”) Catlett, Rubert Cole (Sax), Eddie Condon, Bob Crosby, Julian Dash, Stanley Dennis (Sax), Sidney De Paris, Wilbur Deparis, Joe Dixon, Duke Ellington, Bernard Flood (Trumpet), George Foster (Bass), Bud Freeman (Sax), Joe Garland, Monte Green (Trumpet), Sonny Greer, Fred L Guy, Bob Haggart, Otto Hardwicke (sax), Erskine Hawkins, Shelton Hemphill (Trmpt), Hayward Henry (Sax), Jay C Higginbotham (Trombone), Johnny Hodge, Charles Holmes (Sax), Brad Jawerski, William Johnson (1st sot), Wallace Jones, Max Kaminsky, Sonny James Lovell (Guitar), Sammy Lowe, Bingie Madison (Sax), Wingy Manone, William McLemore, Eddie Mille, Jimmie Mitchelle, James Morrison (Drums), Joe Nanton, Blyde Newcomb, Avery Parrish, Bob range, Gail Reese, Pee Wee Reese, Luis Russell (Piano), Al Sidell, Edward “Captain” Sims, LEM Stanfield (Bass), Rex Stewart, Jack Teagarden, Juan Tizol, Geo Washington (Trombone), J. Tank Wayland, Ben Webster, Cootie Williams, Midge Williams, and Bob Zurke.

Christie's, New York, Printed Books Including English Caricatures and Modern Literature, June 17, 1999, Lot 316

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