JAZZ GIANTS. A VISUAL RETROSPECTIVE. Introduction by Nat Hentoff
(New York: Billboard Publications, Inc, 1988).
GORGEOUS COFFEE TABLE BOOK. "Exceptional photography and classic jazz come together brilliantly in this book. K. Abe, a graphic designer, photographer, and jazz authority, has drawn from archives and individual collections to assemble what Nat Hentoff has described as a 'photo microcosm of living jazz history.' Here are all the greats: Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Duken Ellington, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, and hundreds more. Item #33915
First US printing. Iconic photos of Jazz Superstars on every page in black and white. Folio, black cloth, lettered in gilt and in the dustjacket. 280 pp. A very fine copy.
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