JAZZ: A copy of an original edition of the book "Dictionnaire du Jazz" by Hugues Panassié and Madeleine Gautier, published by Robert Laffont in May 1954. The book includes numerous autographs by famous jazz artists and musicians: Cat Anderson, Chuck Connors, Milt Buckner, Woody Herman, Julian Alvis Hayes, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Benny Carter, Johnny Dodds, Ella Fitzgerald, Illinois Jacquet, Tiny Grimes, Erroll Garner, Johnny Hodges, Mahalia Jackson, Earl Hines, Joe Jones, Milton Mezz Mezzrow, Sy Oliver, Slam Stewart, Sister Rosetta, Ben Webster, Cootie Williams... An exceptional document.

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