Description: Hardcover. 4to. Harry N. Abrams, New York. 2010. 160 pgs. Illustrated with Color Plates. Signed and inscribed by Sonny Rollins, John Abbott and Bob Blumenthal on the title page. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Jazz legend Sonny Rollins will celebrate his 80th birthday this fall, and Saxophone Colossus will be published to mark this occasion and honor his incredibly prolific career. This intimate appreciation combines the images of John Abbott, who as Rollins’s photographer of choice for the past 20 years has captured the saxophonist at home and at work, and the essays of Bob Blumenthal, a jazz critic who has chronicled Rollins and his art for nearly four decades. Signed First Edition 2010 Saxophone Colossus A Portrait Of Sonny Rollins HC w/DJ Click images to enlarge Description Up For Sale Today is Saxophone Colossus: A Portrait of Sonny Rollins photographs by John Abbott text by Bob Blumenthal Hardcover. 4to. Harry N. Abrams, New York. 2010. 160 pgs. Illustrated with Color Plates. Signed and inscribed by Sonny Rollins, John Abbott and Bob Blumenthal on the title page. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Jazz legend Sonny Rollins will celebrate his 80th birthday this fall, and Saxophone Colossus will be published to mark this occasion and honor his incredibly prolific career. This intimate appreciation combines the images of John Abbott, who as Rollins’s photographer of choice for the past 20 years has captured the saxophonist at home and at work, and the essays of Bob Blumenthal, a jazz critic who has chronicled Rollins and his art for nearly four decades. Sonny Rollins has been at the center of jazz and its evolution virtually from his birth. Growing up in Harlem in the heyday of swing and coming of age as the first wave of modernists announced their discoveries, he quickly found himself sharing bandstands with his idols and making music of his own that continues to influence and inspire. Saxophone Colossus, named for the 1956 masterpiece of the same title, is Abbott and Blumenthal’s tribute to Rollins’s music and spirit. Book formats and corresponding sizes Name Abbreviations Leaves Pages Approximate cover size (width × height) inches cm folio 2º or fo 2 4 12 × 19 30.5 × 48 quarto 4º or 4to 4 8 9½ × 12 24 × 30.5 octavo 8º or 8vo 8 16 6 × 9 15 × 23 duodecimo or twelvemo 12º or 12mo 12 24 5 × 7⅜ 12.5 × 19 sextodecimo or sixteenmo 16º or 16mo 16 32 4 × 6¾ 10 × 17 octodecimo or eighteenmo 18º or 18mo 18 36 4 × 6½ 10 × 16.5 trigesimo-secundo or thirty-twomo 32º or 32mo 32 64 3½ × 5½ 9 × 14 quadragesimo-octavo or forty-eightmo 48º or 48mo 48 96 2½ × 4 6.5 × 10 sexagesimo-quarto or sixty-fourmo 64º or 64mo 64 128 2 × 3 5 × 7.5 ALL ITEMS ARE DESCRIBED TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY! PLEASE CHECK ALL THE PHOTOS BEFORE BIDDING. IF THE DESCRIPTION AND THE PHOTOS DO NOT MATCH THE PHOTOS TAKE PRECEDENCE! IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION PLEASE ASK BEFORE THE END OF THE AUCTION ALL ITEMS ARE PACKED IN A WATERPROOF CUSTOM FITTED BAG, WRAPPED IN 2 LAYERS OF BUBBLE WRAP AND THEN PLACED INTO A CUSTOM FITTED CARDBOARD MAILER. IF YOU WIN A LARGE NUMBER OF BOOKS OR A SET; THE ITEMS WILL BE SHIPPED IN A STURDY BOX. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BUY OR ARE BIDDING ON A LARGE NUMBER OF AUCTIONS THAT END ON DIFFERENT DAYS PLEASE PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I WILL INVOICE YOU WHEN YOU ARE EITHER DONE BIDDING OR AT THE END OF THE WEEK (WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.) IF YOU DO WIN MULTIPLE ITEMS, PLEASE DO NOT PAY FOR THEM INDIVIDUALLY! PLEASE WAIT FOR THE INVOICE! PAYMENT IS DUE WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS OF THE INVOICE! FREE DOMESTIC (MEDIA MAIL) FREIGHT ON ALL AUCTIONS! PRIORITY MAIL IS NOT FREE! NO PARTIAL REFUNDS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES PLEASE FOLLOW MY AUCTIONS! WE WILL TRY TO PUT UP NEW AUCTIONS EVERY DAY! Images sell! Get Supersized Images & Free Image HostingCreate your brand with Auctiva's Customizable Templates. Attention Sellers - Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva.com. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's FREE Counter
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Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
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Author: Sonny Rollins; Bob Blumenthal
Binding: Hardcover
Character Family: Saxophone Colossus: A Portrait of Sonny Rollins
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Illustrator: John Abbott
Language: English
Modification Description: Signed by Sonny Rollins, John Abbott & Others
Modified Item: Yes
Original/Facsimile: Original
Personalized: Yes
Place of Publication: New York
Publisher: Harry N Abrams
Region: North America
Signed: Yes
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Saxophone Colossus: A Portrait of Sonny Rollins
Subject: Performing Arts
Topic: Music
Year Printed: 2010