Rare Down Beat Jazz Mag Japan edition 1st Issue 1960, Kusano Sonny Rollins

$90 · Offered by eBay

Down Beat Japanese Edition - Historic Premier issue, Vol 1, No 1 - August 1960 On offer is an original copy of the debut issue of the authorized Japanese edition of Down Beat magazine published by pioneering Japanese jazz promoter Shoichi Kusano and Shinko Music Publishing Company of Tokyo in August 1960. It is identified as Volume 1, Number 1 on the masthead. The cover shows the Sonny Rollins portrait by Francis Wolff used on the cover of his Blue Note LP Newk's Time. Still attached is an intact 5 x 5 in (13x13 cm) fold-out brochure for the album, The Playboy Jazz All-Stars Vol. 2, following page 36. All content is in Japanese. Some articles are translated from the U.S. edition, including features on Miles Davis and Philly Joe Jones, and some are original and produced for the Japanese edition. Plus jazz news from the U.S. and Tokyo, an Art Farmer blindfold test, many record reviews, and period advertisements. Printed in a limited edition and hard to find today. Issue in very good plus condition using Ebay grading. Complete, clean, tight, no marked or torn pages. Good color on cover. Light spine wear/stress, some corner and edge wear (more noticeable on upper right and lower left corners). Light ink transfer and minor surface soiling on the back cover from storage. Please examine the photos carefully. Will ship USPS Ground Advantage in a stay-flat mailer with extra cardboard stiffener. h3 {color: #fff; background-color: #e65b3c} Troy Street Sales Payment is due within three d

• Publisher: Shinko Music Publishing Company
• Year: 1960
• Condition: Very Good

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