Compact [jazz In France] [miller, Glenn. (1904–1944)] & Delaunay, Charles. (1911–1988) Concert Program Inscribed By Delaunay To Michel De Bry With A 90% Price Cut [GbShx958]

Graphically attractive program for a concert by the Glenn Miller Orchestra performed on 18 February, 1945, only two months after the bandleader's tragic death, including a lengthy essay on the history of jazz and a shorter essay specifically on the Glenn Miller Orchestra, both by French author and music critic Charles Delaunay, co-founder and long-term leader of the Hot Club de France, who has inscribed the inside cover: "To Michel de Bry/ as a mark of growing feeling and friendship/ Charles Delaunay." 10 pp., including inset attractive 3-color woodcut illustrations, 6.25 x 9.75 inches (16 x 25 cm.), mild wear, a little soiled, else fine. Together with two newspaper clippings of Parisian and French radio schedules.