[AFRICAN AMERICANA -- MUSIC]. Cole & Johnson Song Folio containing "Classic Negro Songs." 1904. [WITH:] Additional items.

The Cole & Johnson Song Folio. New York: Jos. W. Stern & Co., ca 1904. Containing "A Superior Collection of Quaint and Classic Negro Songs." 80pp, 9 3/8 x 12 1/8 in. (toning and wear to edges and corners of pages, wear and some chipping to covers). An anthology with words and music to 21 songs published between 1899 and 1903.

SMITH, Charles Edward. HOT JAZZ by Jelly Roll Morton. Camden, NJ: Radio Corporation of America, ca 1945. 6 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. staple-bound booklet (some tearing and loss to front cover, dampstaining to upper right corner of entire booklet). Contains an essay on Morton with annotations on songs included in the album Hot Jazz by Jelly Roll Morton, which this booklet typically accompanied (not included here).

Michael Todd's Hot Mikado with Bill Robinson. New York: 1939. Souvenir program. -- Porgy and Bess. New York: Artcraft Litho & Ptg. Co. [1940s]. Souvenir program. -- Porgy and Bess. England: n.d. Souvenir program. -- Jump for Joy. N.p.: 1941. Souvenir program from American Revue Theatre's presentation of Duke Ellington in "Jump for Joy" with Dorothy Dandridge, Ivy Anderson, and Herb Jeffries. -- "Stormy Weather. Cotton Club presents Ethel Waters, George Dewey Washington in Cotton Club Parade 22nd Edition with Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra." New York: Mills Music Inc., 1933. Sheet music. -- "Stormy Weather." New York: Mills Music Inc., 1933. Musical score from the 20th Century-Fox production of "Stormy Weather" with Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway and his band. -- Supersonic Show of Stars of 1961. N.p., [1961]. Program featuring Jackie Wilson as headliner. --Together, 7 programs, each approx. 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. or smaller. Condition generally good, with some corner/edge wear, minor spotting or light stains.

[With:] MASON, Sonnie, photographer. 3 silver gelatin photographs of musicians Freddy Hubbard, Donald Byrd, and Bennie Maupin (each in near excellent condition, with rich tonality, occasional spotting to versos, some light corner creasing). Photographer's stamp to versos. Views of 3 legendary jazz musicians performing at a concert at Howard University.

Together, 12 items.

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[AFRICAN AMERICANA -- MUSIC]. Cole & Johnson Song Folio containing "Classic Negro Songs." 1904. [WITH:] Additional items.

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