DUKE ELLINGTON JAZZ CONCERT PROGRAMME LONDON 1933 SUPER RARE
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A SUPER RARITY!! A HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE PIECE OF ORIGINAL EARLY EUROPEAN DUKE ELLINGTON MEMORABILIA!!
AN EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL CONCERT PROGRAMME FOR THE 1933 LONDON CONCERT BY DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA,
ORGANISED BY THE MELODY MAKER MAGAZINE AND HELD AT THE TROCADERO THEATRE.
COPIES OF THIS CONCERT PROGRAMME ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND THIS IS ONLY THE THIRD TIME,
THIS COMPLETE LARGE FORMAT PROGRAMME (INCL. RARE PRINTED INLAY!!) HAS BEEN OFFERED ON EBAY!!
PLEASE SEE ALSO MY EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL FRENCH DUKE ELLINGTON CONCERT PROGRAMME (PARIS, APRIL 1939),
IN NEAR MINT CONDITION, NOW UP FOR AUCTION ON EBAY.
I AM DOWNSIZING MY COLLECTION OF RARE JAZZ AND BLUES RECORDS AND CD'S, AND JAZZ AND BLUES CONCERT PROGRAMMES.
I HAVE COLLECTED JAZZ AND BLUES MUSIC, AND CONCERT PROGRAMMES FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS.
IN JUNE 1933 THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA EMBARKED ON ITS FIRST EUROPEAN TOUR FOR CONCERTS IN GREAT BRITAIN,
FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS. THE TOUR WAS A MAJOR SUCCESS.
BEFORE THE ORCHESTRA LEFT ENGLAND, THE BAND PLAYED A FAREWELL CONCERT, IN LONDON, ON JULY 16TH, 1933.
THIS DUKE ELLINGTON CONCERT PROGRAMME IS ONE OF THE RAREST PIECES OF BRITISH JAZZ CONCERT MEMORABILIA FROM THE 1930'S!!
AND ONE OF THE EARLIEST AND RAREST PIECES OF DUKE ELLINGTON CONCERT MEMORABILIA!!
IT WAS POSSIBLY ALSO USED AS A "TOUR" PROGRAMME.
MY OLD MENTOR AT RADIO DENMARK, THE LATE DANISH "JAZZ BARON", BARON TIMME ROSENKRANTZ, MET HIS IDOL (AND FUTURE GOOD FRIEND),
DUKE ELLINGTON, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LONDON, IN 1933, AND TIMME ATTENDED THE DUKE ELLINGTON CONCERTS IN BRITAIN.
THE PROGRAMME CONTAINS MANY WONDERFUL AND VERY RARE PHOTOS AND ADS.
AND INDIVIDUAL BIOGRAPHIES OF DUKE ELLINGTON AND THE SIDEMEN, AND THE PROGRAMME OF NUMBERS LIKELY TO BE PLAYED.
PLUS CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE COMPOSITIONS OF DUKE ELLINGTON, ETC., ETC.
A WONDERFUL AND EXTREMELY RARE 85-YEAR-OLD DUKE ELLINGTON CONCERT PROGRAMME!!
THIS COPY IS ONE OF THE VERY FINEST COPIES IN EXISTENCE!! IT WOULD BE VERY TOUGH TO FIND A FINER COPY!!
24 PAGES PLUS COVER. SIZE: 11 3/4 X 9 1/4 INCHES.
LOW STARTING PRICE! NO RESERVE! THE CONCERT PROGRAMME IS GUARANTEED ORIGINAL.
SHIPPING (WORLDWIDE): US $19.85 (INCL. TRACKING).
GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT MY AUCTIONS.
THE CONDITION IS GUARANTEED. SEE MY 12 PHOTOS. I AM ALWAYS HAPPY TO COMBINE ITEMS WON WITHIN A FEW DAYS OR SO.
SOLD AS IS. NO RETURNS. PAYPAL ONLY. PAYMENT IS EXPECTED WITHIN 5 DAYS.
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