The item up for bid is the book:
Bass Line: The Stories and Photographs of Milt Hinton by Milton Hinton and David G. Berger. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1988.
ISBN 0877225184 (alk. paperback)
Very good condition. Slight scrath on cover. Minor bump lower right hand cover corner.
"Bass Line is a brilliant documentary. It tells the story of one man's life in jazz...It is a fascinating book..." (Quincy Jones)
"When bassist Milt Hinton was 28, he began taking pictures of fellow jazzers backstage, on the road and in recording sessions. Now, 50 years and 35,00 frames later, the most historic and moving of his photographs have been assembled in Bass Lane...includes portraits of aome of the bass players's now legendary colleagues, among them Louis Armstron, Cab Calloway, Dizzy Gillespie and Billy Holiday." (Life Magazine)
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