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Large assemblage of over 150 signatures of notable jazz musicians and performers, primarily dating from the 1950s to the 1970s, with the majority signed on photographic pages or portions of pages removed from jazz programs. Most sheets bear multiple signatures, with numerous identifiable bands, orchestras, quartets, and other ensembles represented, and in several instances multiple members of the same group have signed a single page. Spanning several generations and styles of postwar jazz, the assemblage encompasses major figures in bebop, swing, big band, blues, avant-garde, and modern jazz. In overall fine condition, with Goodman signing over his first signature attempt. Notable ensembles and musical events represented include:
- Giants of Jazz: Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt, Art Blakey, Al McKibbon, and Kai Winding
- 1974 The Musical Life of Charlie Parker tribute concert: Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Billy Eckstine, Jay McShann, Al Gafa, Art Blakey, Kai Winding, Francis E. Williams, John Gordon, Red Rodney, Bobby Tucker, Al Cobbs, Ray Copeland, Mickey Roker, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Budd Johnson, Richard Williams, Charles McPherson, Art Farmer, and Roy Haynes
- Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, George Duke, Walter Booker, and Roy McCurdy
- B.B. King and his band: B.B. King, Howard Rowe, Louis Hubert, Bobby Forte, Cato Walker III, Milton Hopkins, Ron Levy, Wilbert Freeman, and Sonny Freeman
- Charles Mingus Quintet: Charles Mingus, Cat Anderson, Hamiett Bluiett, John Foster, Roy Brooks, Arnold Du Bie, and Joe Gardner
- Count Basie Orchestra: Count Basie, Roy Eldridge, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Freddie Green, Al Grey, Jimmy Forest, Sonny Cohn, Bill Davis (2), Pete Minger, Johnny Williams, Oliver Beener, Bobby Plater, Skeets Marsh, and Lincoln Ross
- Duke Ellington Orchestra: Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Cootie Williams, Paul Gonsalves, Money Johnson, Edward Preston, Harold Jones, John Coles, Mercer Ellington, Russell Procope, Harold Ashby, Norris Turney, Harold Minerve, Booty Wood, Chuck Connors, James Cheatham, Malcolm Taylor, Joe Benjamin, Rufus Jones, Wild Bill Davis, Bobbie Gordon, and Toney Watkins
- Ornette Coleman Quartet: Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, and Ed Blackwell
- Elvin Jones Quartet: Elvin Jones, Steve Grossman, Dave Liebman, and Gene Perla
- Gil Evans Orchestra: Gil Evans, Bruce Ditmas, Phil Davis, Billy Harper, Budd Johnson, Trevor Koehler, Sue Evans, Johnny Coles, and Stan Shafran
- Miles Davis Band: Gary Bartz, Keith Jarrett, Michael Henderson, Leon ‘Ndugu’ Chancler, and Don Alias
The full list of names:
Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, Don Alias, Muhammad Ali, Cat Anderson, Harold Ashby, Gary Bartz, Count Basie, Oliver Beener, Joe Benjamin, Ed Blackwell, Art Blakey (2), Hamiett Bluiett, Walter Booker, Charlie Bourgeois (George Wein's director of public relations), Roy Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Beryl Bryden, Albert Burbank, Joseph ‘Twat’ Butler, Harry Carney, Leon ‘Ndugu’ Chancler, James Cheatham, Jimmy Cobb, Al Cobbs, Sonny Cohn, John Coles, Johnny Coles, Ornette Coleman, Chuck Connors, Ray Copeland, Bill Davis (2), Eddie Lockjaw Davis (2), Phil Davis, Wild Bill Davis, Alan Dawson, Paul Desmond, Bruce Ditmas, Arnold Du Bie, George Duke.
Billy Eckstine, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington, Mercer Ellington, Gil Evans, Sue Evans, Art Farmer, Bobby Few, Jimmy Forest, Bobby Forte, Bud Freeman, Sonny Freeman, Al Gafa, Joe Gardner, Alice Gerrard, John Giannelli, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Paul Gonsalves, Bobbie Gordon, Stephane Grappelli, Freddie Green, Al Grey, Steve Grossman, Charlie Haden, Billy Harper, Roy Haynes (2), Michael Henderson, Milton Hopkins, Louis Hubert, Keith Jarrett, Budd Johnson (2), Harold Jones, Elvin Jones, Money Johnson, Rufus Jones, B.B. King, Trevor Koehler, Alexis Korner (ALS), Cleo Laine, Byard Lancaster, Hubert Laws, Ron Levy, Dave Liebman, Robert Lockwood Jr., Willie Mabon, Simone Mangelsdorff, Skeets Marsh, Al McKibbon, Roy McCurdy, Charles McPherson, Jimmy McPartland, Jay McShann, Harold Minerve, Pete Minger, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, James Moody, Little Brother Montgomery, Takeo Moriyama, Gerry Mulligan, Sunny Murray.
Louis Nelson, Jimmy Owens, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Emanuel Paul, Gene Perla, Oscar Peterson, Bobby Plater, Edward Preston, Russell Procope, Bob Reid, Dewey Redman, Red Rodney, Ikey Robinson, Mickey Roker, Lincoln Ross, Howard Rowe, Akira Sakata, Red Saunders, Emanuel Sayles, Carlton Schroeder, Mike Seeger, Robert Shaw, Ravi Shankar, Alan Silva, Jack Six, Jimmy Smith, Sunnyland Slim, Alonzo Stewart, Sonny Stitt (2), Malcolm Taylor, Kenneth Terroade, Kid Thomas, Bobby Tucker, Big Joe Turner, Norris Turney, Sarah Vaughan, Mal Waldron, Cedar Walton, Toney Watkins (2), Cootie Williams, Francis E. Williams, Johnny Williams, Richard Williams, Teddy Wilson, Kai Winding (2), Booty Wood, Reverend Frank Wright, Yösuke Yamashita.
Originates from the collection of Jan van Bree (1938–2024), a Dutch autograph collector who began collecting in 1957 after writing to celebrated Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli and receiving a handwritten reply. Over the next six decades, van Bree amassed some 7,000 signatures, corresponding with notable figures around the world and pursuing autographs in person at theatrical and musical events in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Enschede. His wide-ranging holdings encompassed figures from music, film, literature, science, politics, and exploration, with the present group reflecting his particular access to the European jazz circuit and its visiting performers.
