Feb 27, 2007 - Sale 2105

Sale 2105 - Lot 285

Price Realized: $ 420
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MUSIC.) Local 274 American Federation of Musicians, Professional Directory, Instrumental and Address Listings. 1955. 16 pages, tall 4to, original self-wrappers; paper evenly darkened with some darker shading to the edges; old staples replaced. Philadelphia, 1955

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Local 274 was an all black music union, founded in 1935, after black musicians were denied entry into local 77. It was the last entirely black musicians' union in the country. This directory is a virtual Who's Who in jazz, listing among others: John Coltrane, Clifford Brown, Dizzie Gillespie, Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons, Bill Doggett, and Slim Gaillard.