|
EARLY JAZZ GREATS. Boxed trading card set by ROBERT CRUMB.
Thirty-six legendary blues musicians painted
by Robert Crumb with concise biographies on reverse. Featured
are such luminaries as Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke,
Jellyroll Morton, King Oliver, Jack Teagarden, Earl Hines, Duke
Ellington, Sidney Bechet, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Bennie
Moten, Mary Lou Williams, Jimmy Noone and Benny Goodman
as well as Fletcher Henderson, Joe Venuti, Alex Hill, Eddie
South, Ernest "Punch" Miller, Frank Trumbauer, Lammar
Wright, Muggsy Spanier, Freddie Keppard, Tiny Parham, James P.
Johnson, Jimmy Blythe, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Steve Beown,
"Pops" Foster, Joe "Wingy" Mannone, Jabbo
Smith. Roy Palmer, Ikey Robinson, Junie C. Cobb, Eddie Lang,
Johnny Dodds, Lil Hardin and Coleman Hawkins.
This classic card set is back in print
for the first time in nearly twenty years. The 36 cards are printed
on heavy stock and packaged in a nifty box, also designed by
Crumb. Reverse of each card is a brief bio of each musician.
From Denis Kitchen Publishing. ISBN # 0-9710080-3-5 $10.95
Also check out the beautiful Early
Jazz Greats poster (link at bottom)
Click here to see detailed close-ups:
|
