Description
Delhi Publications, sole selling agents Willis Music Company, Cincinnati, Ohio [Published date: 1958]. Sheet music, piano, paper covers, 11 pp; 31 cm.
Rare, out-of-print & unusual books · Since 1997
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Condition & notes
In good condition. Red and white paper covers with dancing couple illustrations; light creasing and edgewear, mild rubbing, toning, scuffing and soiling. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages have a few small markings in pencil and are lightly toned and wrinkled, but otherwise unmarked. Piano sheet music collection by Joseph W. Grant containing five original jazz-inspired pieces written in popular idioms of the 1950s: "Rock-a-doodle-doo!," "Rock and Roll, My Clementine!," "Dig This!," "Boom Chick!," and "Calypsomania." Each piece written for piano solo, with rhythmic stylizations drawing on jive, boogie-woogie, calypso, and early rock and roll. Copyright 1958 by Delhi Publications, Inc. Rare surviving mid-century music folio reflecting crossover between jazz piano and popular dance music. Joseph W. Grant was active as a mid-20th century composer of piano music in styles influenced by jazz, jive, calypso, and early rock and roll.