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Early Jazz Greats Uncut Printer’s Proof

$39.99

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This uncut press proof is from the R. Crumb 2004 card set press run. It’s really pretty magnificent — endlessly fascinating to look at, colorful and rich with detail as 36 of the genre’s most influential and enduring musicians are depicted with style and grace. The card backs contain concise biographies of each, including recording […]


This uncut press proof is from the R. Crumb 2004 card set press run.

It’s really pretty magnificent — endlessly fascinating to look at, colorful and rich with detail as 36 of the genre’s most influential and enduring musicians are depicted with style and grace. The card backs contain concise biographies of each, including recording session details and record label history.

I have at times had two of these framed and displayed together, one showing the bio back and one showing the front.

Performers: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Mary Lou Williams, Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke, Jelly Roll Morton, Earl Hines, James P. Johnson, Joe “King” Oliver, Joe Venuti, Benny Goodman and more, 36 in all.

Illustrator: R. Crumb

Size: 25 x 21

Condition is Excellent. These press proofs have minor flaws but have no rips, tears or marks and feature brilliant color.

Of the three Crumb sets, Early Jazz Greats contains perhaps the most impressive array of well-known characters from American musical mythology, whose contributions continued from the ‘20s and ‘30s well into the 1970s, with their vast influence still informing jazz today.

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