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Behncke, Bernhard H.: Storyville index, issues no. 1 - no. 162, 1965-1995.
      Hamburg 2002. 360 p. Index to the complete set of this magazine pb EUR 57.00

Bissonnette, Big Bill: The jazz crusade ; the inside story of the great New Orleans Jazz
      revival of the 1960s. Bridgeport, Conn. 1992. XVIII,338 p., (64) p. of photos + 1CD
      (15 tracks, some unissued before) back! book + CD set: pb EUR 48.00

Blanchard, Pascal & Eric Deroo, Gilles Manceron: Paris noir. Paris 2001. 239 p. Photographic
      survey on blacks from Africa and the USA in Paris 1878 to date. Text in French large hb EUR 66.00

Bokelund, Henning: High society ; my friends, the New Orleans clarinettists.
      Holte 2002. 215 p. Illustrated pb EUR 36.90

Boubet, Arnaud: Cote du jazz européen en vinyl = European jazz album price guide.
      Paris 2002. delayed, ca. pb EUR 27.00

Breeden, Leon: From the cowbarn to the concert hall with music. Denton Tex. 2000.
      Autobiography of the musician and educator famous for directing the
      One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas soon, ca. pb EUR 40.05

Calt, Stephen: Hellhound on my trail ; a biography of Robert Johnson. delayed, no date available yet

Cañellas, Gerardo: Jazz voyeur. Barcelona [etc.] 2002. 241 p. Photos in b&w of jazz stars
      on European festival stages, accompanying text in Spanish and English LP-sized hb EUR 45.00

Cerchiari, Luca: Dal ragtime a Wagner ; Treemonisha di Scott Joplin. Palermo 2001. 173 p.
      (I suoni del mondo ; 1) Text in Italian, ex. of music. Incl. libretto in English & Italian pb EUR 27.00

Collis, John: Chuck Berry. London 2002. 248 p., [8] p. of photos. Biography hb EUR 32.30

Cornelius, Marcus M.: Out of nowhere ; the musical life of Warne Marsh.
      Mawson 2002. 306 p. Novelized biography pb EUR 27.25

Deblanc & Legros: Musiciens de jazz. 2002. Book of b&w photos ca. Dec., ca. pb EUR ????

Desthomas, Daniel: Quand le jazz est l_. [Paris] 2002. 8 p. + 20 oversized leaves in a box.
      B&w photos of jazz stars like Armstrong, B. Holiday, Miles, Ella et al. extra large hb EUR 29.90

Duarte: José: Jazz - escute e olhe, Portugal (1971-2001) = Jazz - look and listen, Portugal
      (1971-2001). Coimbra 2001. 198 p. 150 photos by 12 portugese photographers large hb EUR 49.90

Dupuy, Philippe-Gérard (photos) & Serge Loupien (text): Backstage ; jazz in Marciac.
      Toulouse 2002. [156] p. Photos in b&w from the Marciac jazz festival large hb EUR 49.90

Eberle, Jan: The Eberle named Ray. Redwood, N.Y. 2002. I,90 p. Big band singer
      Ray Eberle's story as told by his daughter. Glenn Miller, Beneke, Dorseys etc. pb EUR 19.25

Franz, Steve: The amazing secret history of Elmore James. Saint Louis, Mo. 2002.
      ca. 300 p. Over 100 illustrations, biography with discography ca. Dec. ca. pb EUR 50.75

Gaslini, Giorgio: Il tempo del musicista totale. Milano 2002. 155 p. (Storie della storia
      d'Italia ; 62) Incl. Gaslini's 1964 text "Musica totale", his book "Musica totale" (1975)
      and contemporary texts. Text in Italian. pb EUR 20.25

Giardina, Nardo (text) & Luigi Nasalvi (photos): Bologna ; la citt_ del jazz = The jazz city.
      Bologna 2002. 175 p. Photo book & history, text in both Italian & English large pb EUR 40.50

Graham, Alastair: Impressions ; jazz masters in black & white. [Priors Marston 2002]
      193 p. Cartoons of jazz musicians. mainstream to modern CD-sized pb EUR 15.90

Green, Benny: Such sweet thunder ; Benny Green on jazz. Reprint (2001) London 2002.
      IX,514 p. Previously unpubl. writing plus sleevenotes, book excerpts etc. soon, ca. pb EUR 19.00

Haydon, Geoff: Quintet of the year. London 2002. IX,302 p. , [8] p. of photos.
      The story behind the concert in 1953 at Toronto's Massey Hall, feat.
      Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus & Max Roach hb EUR 36.10

Jenkins, Tricia: Let's go dancing : dance band memories of 1930s Liverpool.
      Liverpool 1994.. 73 p. Illustrated pb EUR 9.50

Knox, Keith: Jazz amour affair ; en bok om Lars Gullin. Stockholm 1986. 220 p.
      Illustrated, examples of music, discography. Text in Swedish! large hb EUR 29.90

Leigh, Spencer: Sweeping the blues away ; a celebration of the Merseysippi Jazz Band.
      Liverpool 2002. 176 p. Illustrated pb EUR 17.10

MacLeod, R. R.: Yazoo 1-20. 2nd ed. Edinburgh 2002. XV,221 p. Transcribed lyrics of
      country blues songs re-issued on Yazoo records L1001-1020. Re-written! hb EUR 22.80

Macleod, R. R.: Document blues. 1- Edinburgh 1994-
      Text transcriptions of country blues songs re-issued on Document CDs.
      9. 2002. XIII,503 p. Texts from Document CDs 5316 thru 5347 hb EUR 35.90

Miano, Lou: Russ Columbo ; the amazing life and mysterious death of a Hollywood
      simging legend. New York 2001. 200 p. Bio-discography large pb EUR 35.25

Munn, Michael: Sinatra ; the untold story. Reprint (2001). London 2002.
      XII,226 p., [16] p. of photos. His Mafia connections pb EUR 13.30

Pino, Giuseppe: Giuseppe Pino - Jazz my love. München 2002. [254] p.
      206 of his best photos (some in color). LP-sized hb EUR 68.00

Smith, Stuff: Pure at heart. 2nd new augm. ed. Lewes 2002. 72 p. Autobiographical fragments,
       reminiscences by Timme Rosenkrantz, an interview with Val Wilmer, etc. soon, ca. pb EUR 22.80

Stockman, Hardy: Cape Town Jazz 1959-1963 ; the photographs of Hardy Stockman / ed,
      by Lars Rasmussen. Copenhagen 2002. 124 p. soon, ca. large pb EUR 26.00

Swinton, Paul: Blind Lemon Jefferson. 2003? no date or price yet

Troxler, Niklaus: Jazz Blvd. ; Niklaus Troxler Posters. Baden 1999. 301 p. Some 200
      of his posters are reproduced in color. Text deutsch & English hb EUR 48.00
      -----same,but: 2002 ca. Nov. ca. pb EUR 38.00

Zammarchi, Fabrice & Sulvie Mas: A life in the golden age of jazz ; a biography
      of Buddy DeFranco. Seattle, Wash. 2002. 384 p. Incl. 324 photos.
      Incl. discography and filmography. ca. Dec. ca. large hb EUR 94.25
      -----same,but: Collector's edition. Autographed by DeFranco, leatherbound
      in a slipcase. Limited to 1000 copies ca. Dec., ca. large hb EUR181.25

CIMP book. Redwood, N.Y. 2003?. Documentation of the CIMP label, ist artists, sessions. no price yet

Jazz research proceedings yearbook. vol. 22: 2002. sb EUR 28.00

Previsioni del tempo = Forecast : Italian Instabile Orchestra / co-ordinator: Massimo
      Iudicone. [s.l.] 2002. 77 p. + 1 CD (6 tracks, live 1998-2001) Incl. music scores,
      texts in Italian & English book/CD set.: pb EUR 47.25

Sun Ra book 2003. Millbrae, Cal. 2002. [52] p. Another collection of interviews
      music notes, reviews and ephemera large sb EUR 18.45

Discographies


Bruyninckx, Walter & Domi Truffandier: Jazz discography ; 85 years of recorded jazz.
      [Mechelen] 2000-- on CD-ROM for PCs with Windows
(3.0 and higher) and MAC.

The data on the CD-ROM is presented as text files (1 each per digit) in similar form to his previous discographies. Data is not protected, so you can load all or parts of it on to the harddisc of your computer  to enter additions and corrections. While reading and search software is provided free on the CD-ROM, you will have to buy additional software to add and amend the data on your harddisc.
The complete data of this overall discography will be issued on CD-ROM in 5 steps from 2000 to 2003.
With each edition additional data of 5000+ printed pages will be added, plus the updated version of the contents of the previous edition.

Edition 4: 1 CD-ROM containing almost the complete alphabeth. To be released in february 2003
       price for new subscribers: EUR356.00
       price for subscribers: EUR 89.00

Edition 5: Contains the full data A to Z with color visuals, all up-dated, to be issued in late 2003
       (will cost about another EUR 44.00 for subscribers))

So for a total of approx. EUR 400.00 you will get a discography of 25000+ printed pages on 1 CD-ROM!
Still a bargain for the enormous amount of data you will get for your money


Boubet, Arnaud: Cote du jazz européen en vinyl = European jazz album price guide.
      Paris 2002. delayed, ca. pb EUR 27.00

Evensmo, Jan: History of jazz tenor saxophone ; black artists. Oslo 1996-
      Vol. 1: 1917-1934. 1996. 46,141 p. Solography (Publications from
       the Norwegian Jazz Archives ; no.7) back!! large pb EUR 27.00
      Vol. 5: 1950-1954. 2002. 71,403 p. (Publications from
       the Norwegian Jazz Archives ; no.12) large pb EUR 34.00

Hällström, Carl A. & Bo Scherman: AFRS Jubilee transcriptions. Portland, Or. 2003?
      A completely revised and augmented listing of the "original series": No. 1-365, Xmas 1945,
      1947 and 1948. . To be published in 3 volumes no price or date yet

Hofmann, Coen & Gerard J. Hoogeveen: Shorty Rogers discography. Revised ed.
      Amsterdam 2002. ca. 160 p. ca. Dec. ca. pb EUR 34.90

Koster, Piet & Harm Mobach: Bird lore ; a revised Charlie Parker discography.
      Amsterdam 2002. 3 volumes (769 p.) set: sb EUR 92.00

Nicolausson, Harry: Swedish jazz discography. Stockholm 1983. 416 p. back!! hb EUR 25.00

Rust, Brian: Jazz and Ragtime records (1897-1942) / editor: Malcolm Shaw. Denver, Col. 2002.
      2 volumes (XX,1971 p.) Finally an up-dated edition of the RUST set: hb EUR325.00

Stanley, John: Miller's collecting vinyl. London 2002. 240 p. Illustrated, all kinds of music pb EUR 24.70

Sutton, Allan: Pseudonyms on American records (1892-1942) ; a guide to false names
      and label errors. Denver, Col. 2001. XVI,340 p. Revised and expanded edition hb EUR 78.40

Swingin' Americans

No. 9: Elliott, Grant & Gerard Bielderman: Harry Allen discography. Zwolle 2002. 44 p. Ill. pb EUR 7.85
No.10: Bielderman, Gerard: Eddy Davis discography. Zwolle 2002. 32 p. pb EUR 7.00

The JOYCE discographies

Garrod, Charles & Bill Korst: Bobby Byrne and his orchestra ; plus:
      Dean Hudson and his orchestra. Revised. 2001. [36] leaves soon, ca. sb EUR 22.45

Garrod, Charles: Xavier Cugat and his orchestra. Revised. 2002. [109] leaves soon, ca. sb EUR 25.65

Garrod, Charles & Walter Scott & Frank Green: Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra.
      Vol. 2: 1946-1956. Revised. 2002. [100] leaves soon, ca. sb EUR 32.05

Garrod, Charles: Ralph Flanagan and his orchestra. Revised. 2000. [61] leaves soon, ca. sb EUR 25.65

Garrod, Charles: Russ Morgan and his orchestra. Revised. 2000. [83] leaves soon, ca. sb EUR 25.65

Brown, Dennis: Joe Williams. 2002. [114[ leaves ca. Dec. ca. sb EUR 32.05

Woelfer, Juergen: Si Zentner and his orchestra; plus: Bob Florence and his
      orchestra. Revised. 2001 [45] leaves soon, ca. pb EUR 22.45

Eurojazz discos

No.130: Engelbert Wrobel discography. 2002. 23 p. Illustrated pb EUR 6.15
No.131: Discography of the Hot Antic Jazz Band / Michel Bastide & Aart van de Munt.
       2002. 24 p. Illustrated pb EUR 6.15
No. 132: Discography of the Traditional Jazz Studio Prague / Erwin Elvers. 2002. 24 p. pb EUR 6.15

Roots of modern jazz

Author: Salemann, Dieter (1-10: assisted by Dieter Hartmann & Michel Vogler)

Vol. 14: Georgie Auld 1936-1951. Berlin 2002. 112 leaves large sb EUR 21.40

Deutschsprachige Neuerscheinungen

Arndt, Juergen: Thelonious Monk und der Free Jazz. Graz 2002. 276 p. 73 Notenbeispiele
      (Beiträge zur Jazzforschung = Studies in jazz research ; no. 11) pb EUR 59.00

Wunderlich, Heinz Werner: Die Opa Hirchleitner Story, nebst frühen Reflexionen von Albert
      Mangelsdorff. Hambergen 2002. [92] p. + 1 CD (Albert Mangelsdorff Jazztet/AllStars/
      HR Jazz-Ensemble, 20 Tracks, 1958) Humoristische Jazzgeschichte Buch/CD-Set: pb EUR 17.90

Jazz und Gesellschaft : sozialgeschichtliche Aspekte des Jazz / hrsg. von Wolfram Knauer.
      Hofheim 2002. 303 p. Illustriert (Darmstädter Beiträge zur Jazzforschung ; Bd 7)
      Referate des 7. Darmstädter Jazzforums pb EUR 19.00

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