There’s a proliferation of rare jazz autographs for sale on US eBay — oddly enough, most of them of artists whose names begin with the letter H. Does this suggest some larger arrangement in the stars, or is “mrbebop” (the source of most of these gems) simply working through his collection in some logical alphabetical order?
The one that will perhaps attract the most attention (and has the most substantial price tag) is Billie’s:
Here’s Bob Haggart’s autograph on a late-Thirties photograph of him with Ray Bauduc:
And the most exalted Edmond Hall:
A rarity — trombonist Bill Harris:
Finally, the long-lived and deep-rooted Art Hodes:
I wonder what marvels will come next . . . . !
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It seems to me as if Miss Holiday signed her book as ‘Billy’! (Look at the ‘e’s in ‘Diane’, ‘fine’, and ‘are’)
Am I right?