Duke Ellington Piano Method for Blues
New York: Robbins Music Corporation, 1943.
First edition, stamped "Complimentary Copy" by publisher with lowered price sticker on front wrap. 44 pp. Stapled wraps. Very Good+, lightly worn spine, staples rusted, tiny corner crease to back wrap. The jazz legend teaches beginning pianists and composers the fundamentals of the popular boogie-woogie/ blues style of the '40s with his compositions and thoughts on improvisation. Rare, no copies currently on the market. And yet the curious can hear an utterly ham-fisted AI synth-piano version of some of these song on Youtube for free any time if they so desire; such is the strangeness of the 21 century.
Price: $750.00