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JAZZ NEW YORK 1st Annual New York Jazz Festival Program 1956

$ 102.96

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  • Condition: Very good original condition with a few light crease to the cover. Interior is excellent.
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    JAZZ NEW YORK, 1st Annual New York Jazz Festival Program 1956.
    Don Friedman and Ken Joffe [Promoters], Robert Brownjohn [Designer]: [THE FIRST ANNUAL] NEW YORK JAZZ FESTIVAL. New York: K & J Heyman and A & S Markelson, December 1956.  Approx 80 pages, Unpaginated.  Illustrated articles and trade advertisements. “December 1956
    8.5 x 11 magazine promoting the First Annual New York Jazz Festival, with text contributions from Don Friedman, Ken Joffe Gary Lewis, William Brown, Paul Sampson, Jerry Berger Tommy Wolf, and Nat Hentoff. Photo portfolios by Chuck Lilly, Carole Galletly, Ken Heyman, and a full-page image by Lee Friedlander. Full page graphic compositions by Robert Brownjohn, Ivan Chermayeff, Jacques Willaumez, Robert Parent, and Tom Palumbo. Exceptional graphic design throughout including full-page word compositions and elaborate typography by jazz aficionado and heroin addict Robert Brownjohn.  Profusely illustrated with scores of black & white photographs.
    The New York Jazz Festival debuted on Randall's Island on August 24 and 25, 1956. The lineup included Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, Joe Williams, Erroll Garner, Gene Krupa, Coleman Hawkins.
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