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Posted by on July 05, 19102 at 18:59:58:
When my father died recently, we found a copy of "The Jazz Scene"
It appears to be in great shape. A signed copy #4617 of 5000.
This a six album collection. It includes recordings by Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Machito and many others. It also includes 29 original photos by Gjon Mili and others.
The producer, Norman Granz, states in the forward,
" .....The idea behind this album was simple: to get the artists best illustrating today's jazz scene to record the essence of themselves musically, and their real, inner characters, photographically. To that end, we requested each artist to do the one side, or sides, that they felt to be the distillate of what they represented to themselves. The artist had no restrictions whatsoever placed upon him. He could use any composition, (his own, or someone else's), any arrangement, any instrumentation he chose. Especially, could he take as long as he wished recording. George Handy, for example, composed an original piece for twenty-eight, and took almost five hours to record it; Lester Young and Buddy Rich, on the other hand, took but ten minutes for their side; Coleman Hawkins, playing as a single, still needed eight hours before he was satisfied with his work. And so it went, each artist relishing the prospect of making records with no musical nor commercial strictures of any sort, and trying to do something of which he would be proud....
We intend to make The Jazz Scene a yearly affair presenting new jazz stars as the appear...."
It is copyrighted 1949 by Norman Granz.
Some of research I have done states that this collection was printed by Mercury Records.
12" 78 rpm
Where would I find value for this?