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Charlie Parker & Jazz Club Memorabilia by Norman R. Saks
"This fascinating collection is a delight for anyone remotely interested in jazz history." - The Jazz Record Center
The Norman Saks signed copies are now sold out! Many thanks to all who purchased. |
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This is Ragtime by Terry Waldo
The celebrated protégé of the renowned Eubie Blake, Terry Waldo captures the history, personalities, and vibrancy of Ragtime like none other can.
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Phil at party for Benny Carter on June 29, 1983. Photo by Carter pianist Dick Katz who titled it 'The Smile of the Century'
Phil Schaap Jazz is dedicated to providing free access to accurate and explanatory Jazz information while involving a new generation in Jazz delights; preparing a handful of those young people in training successive generations. While on this trail Phil Schaap Jazz is publishing a library that will be a solid foundation for a Jazz continuum. Phil Schaap Jazz hopes to sell such books and other pro-Jazz documentation to our website visitors, but you don't have to buy anything or even look at what is for sale. Enjoy!
The story of Schaap Shop begins with the late and great Tommy Flanagan. The last time Phil spent time with this most beautiful and lyrical pianist – often hailed as the "Jazz Poet" – was just less than a month before he died. They attended a Jimmy Heath concert and later hung out at a jam session joined by Percy Heath. There, Tommy and Phil were further joined by Duke Ellington's nephew, the late Michael James. The three of them adjourned to a bistro and talked Jazz deep into the night. As Phil departed at the end of the evening, Tommy Flanagan walked him to the door, and in a serious tone remarked, "You should start a record store." He then poked Phil sharply with his index finger and continued, "And the name of it should be the Schaap Shop!" That was the last time Phil saw Tommy Flanagan, and his final instructions are the root to the Schaap Shop and the genesis of Phil Schaap Jazz where there's Jazz content for free and quality Jazz goodies are offered for sale.
Phil has been a prominent voice in New York radio since 1970. He teaches in the Graduate Division at Juilliard and is the academic head of Swing University for Jazz at Lincoln Center. For 14 years, Phil taught in the American Studies Department at Princeton University. He has been profiled in the New Yorker magazine for his seminal role in the preservation of Jazz music, and is widely regarded as one of its foremost scholars. The products, knowledge, and radio broadcasts on this website are the result of his lifelong immersion in America's finest original art form, and represent the highest possible quality of information available in modern Jazz scholarship. Each item on this site has been handpicked by Phil and is presented with his stamp of approval and the verification that it is indeed genuine and valuable. The radio broadcasts presented on this site are delivered without charge as our contribution to the progress of Jazz education. With this in mind we entreat you to browse our stock of Jazz books and memorabilia, knowing that each and every product you see is something truly special.