This pin was provided to Phil at the reception table at the first day event (1/10/2007) by the late Phoebe Jacobs and Ray Brown, Jr. Phil will provide a letter of certification!

Rudy Van Gelder Studios - Prestige Stereo LP 7301, rec. 1958 - feat. very early version of Randy Weston's "High Fly"

When Little Jazz ROY ELDRIDGE died on February 24, 1989, the world knew it had lost one of the greats—Roy Eldridge's nickname had Jazz in it.

A batch of exceedingly RARE Jazz autographs here including Eddie Durham, Dicky Wells, Earle Warren and many others!!

From the last 5 DAY Birthday Broadcast for Lester Young and Charlie Parker, here are the official WKCR Operating Logs with numerous signatures!

Brick Fleagle led his own big band and worked with Jazz giants including Miles Davis and Duke Ellington.

EUBIE BLAKE 98th Birthday Party Program

In Alexander's Hand!

with Earl Freeman, Billy Bang, Wade Barnes, Danny Carter, et. al.

with Robert Shaw, & Phil Schaap performed as well!

translated by Noel Burch

"Why Should I Flirt With The Blues?," and "Plaid and Calico," 1954!

EDDIE BERT trombonist with Benny Goodman and Charles Mingus wrote to Phil in 2003 concerning his album, I Hear Modern Music, originally released in Spain!

Discover the one and only "Little Jazz," Roy Eldridge!!!! Originally running from January 14-19, 1978, this WKCR Festival payed tribute to one of the greatest trumpeters in jazz's history. THIS IS THE VERY LAST COPY of the 3rd Printing

The famous Jazz journalist Patricia Willard was an editor of Down Beat, Jazz and Jazz & Pop and columnist and staff writer at JazzTimes, but she was also a regular at the famed West End!

This folder of paperwork for MGM Records comes from a session by the vocalist, HELEN FORREST.

12 SIGNATURES, including James Chirillo, Ruth Sears (Big Al Sears' widow), Britt Woodman, et. al!

This button reads as the Chicago Cards and is from The Chicago Cardinals team before it relocated to St Louis. St. Louis Cardinals are now the Arizona Cardinals: the earlier Chicago Cards is the current team's grandfather.

November 1975 flyer and schedule!

This business card includes Nicholas's last address, written in his own hand and given to Phil’s father a few weeks before he died in 1973!

This cassette contains dubs of the astoundingly rare Joseph Robechaux Vocalion 78s made by Eddie Jenkins, one of the last members of the Bunny Berigan orchestra!

Garry recorded w/Mingus & guitarist ARV GARRISON recorded w/BIRD

For Basie fans, this unique Harold Ousley Holiday card will be a boon to a collection of Basieite autographs!

Dick Meldonian - Sonny Igoe and their Big Swing Jazz Band

April 29, 1986, at St. Peters, The Jazz Church

DILL JONES (British pianist) & Phil Schaap Original SIGNED Check, 1977!

This pin and card offer a beautiful portrait of Parker and a token from one of the highlights of his career, the release of his first solo album, ROOTS REVISITED!

THE JAZZ RECORD No. 34, July 1945 Sidney DeParis cover

Calese was in FLETCHER HENDERSON'S integrated Band of 1943-44!

Kenny Dorham, Art Tatum, Baby Dodds, and more!

Leslie "Uggams" Crayne, MGM 78: "Easter Bunny Day," & "Percy The Pale Faced Polar Bear," her FIRST RECORD!

This exceedingly rare publication features one of the first print articles on "Thelonius" Monk (misspelled, missing the second 'o')!

SIGNED by Albert "Papa" French, Jeanette Kimball, Louis Barbarin, et. al!

"Savoy Blues," "Georgia Camp Meeting," and more!

COMPLETE PAPER!

Dizzy's favorite restaurant was Baumgart's Café in Englewood, New Jersey! We offer a packet of postcards, menus, chopsticks, matchbook, etc.

Lorenzo Shihab was very and multi talented. Lorenzo also designed clothes and ran a store than Miles Davis frequented!

"Sweet as Bear Meat," "Skokiaan," "All of Me" etc...with RICHIE POWELL, Harry Carney, et. al. 1954 !

74th Birthday Celebration, 2001, SIGNED!

August 16, 1997 ticket from The Lenox Lounge, one of Harlem's last original Jazz Clubs, featuring the late drummer GRADY TATE!

Feat. Sara Morgan, ROY HAYNES, Ron Gross, and Phil Schaap

At the time of the concert this increasingly RARE program documents—the Fairmont Park concert on July 10, 1941—Benny Goodman was the at the top of his game!

Two-part cover story on "The Style of JOHN COLTRANE," feat. in the Oct. and Nov. issues of The Jazz Review!

Tenor Master & Soloist on DIZZY's classic "Manteca!"

Village Vanguard muralist AND brother of Lorraine Gordon!

COOTIE WILLIAMS, 1911-1985: Historic Document with Unique Content on DUKE'S legendary trumpet star & growl specialist!

"A Dream," "I Your Arms," "Autumn Leaves," and more!

With authentication from Phil Schaap, and UNIQUE FRANK TESCHEMACHER Story! One-of-a-kind!

Life Magazine and Russ Dantzler acknowledge Walter Schaap’s help in getting the remaining musicians to the Harlem Stoop to reprise the famous 1958 Esquire photo!

ULTRA RARE Swing Era Publication, from TOMMY DORSEY, THE BANDSTAND, May & June 1939!

through September '20 -early JAZZ & Pop!

Sanborn had his own weekly program on NBC—The Jazz Show with David Sanborn—where he would bring on contemporary Jazz artists for live performances. This cassette is from the 6th broadcast of the show, from February 2, 1986.

JONAH JONES sent this postcard ad for The Embers during legendary stent at the famed Jazz club.

This 1986 letter to Walter Schaap includes a sample chapter from Charles Delaunay's autobiography TRANSLATED!!

Rare Large and Formal Program issue!

"Margie," "Georgia On My Mind," "Sweet Gypsy Rose," and more!

A large (36 x 24) SIGNED concert poster with the signatures of WYNTON MARSALIS, DAVID CROSBY, STEVEN STILLS, & GRAHAM NASH!

Gerard Badini is a famed French bandleader and, as his business card notes, a talented tenor saxophone and clarinet player.

c. 2002

LP SIGNED by famed Jazz pianist/composer Marian McPartland!

BLUE NOTE, 1946 Catalogue supplement; Sidney Bechet, Edmond Hall, et. al.!

with Bobby Martinez, Michael Orta, Manuel Lopez, et. al!

PANAMA FRANCIS PRESS KITS 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2001 Funeral Program

"Basin Street Blues," "Handful Of Keys," and more!

DECCA RECORDS Booklet: Gems of Jazz; HENDERSON, HAWKINS, TEDDY WILSON & more!

A one of a kind photo of the legendary producer and promoter GEORGE WEIN playing piano behind the great LIONEL HAMTON, on drums!

Recorded Feb. 26, 1935, Excellent condition!

This unique photo of legendary Jazz impressario GEORGE WEIN sitting on a park bench is SIGNED by Wein!

Business card for famous NYC Trad-Jazz venue!

DECCA May 1941 booklet: Jimmy Dorsey, Connie Boswell, et. al.!

Isidore Witmark's ‘‘From Ragtime to Swingtime" encompasses folklore of early 20th century popular music. First edition SIGNED by Witmark!

Same price the ticket cost in 1987!

Louis Armstrong's best man, and recorded with Jelly Roll Morton!

Coleman Hawkins' wife, Dolores Hawkins (not to be confused with the singer), sent Phil this Christmas card in 1998, signing the card "Mrs. Coleman Hawkins"!

His FIRST RECORD, from Sun Records founder Jim Bulleit!

CHARLIE PARKER'S Bassist & Friend!

BARRETT DEEMS was Louis Armstrong’s drummer in the middle 1950s and appears with Satchmo on classic albums such as the W.C. Handy and Fats Waller tributes!

This check, dated July 23, 1977, is an incredible document: it proves the correct spelling of ARTHUR EDGHILL, the drummer known for working with Shirley Scott, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Kenny Dorham!

For the ELLINGTON completist: 1998 Int. Ellington conference flyer, signed by the great civic leader of Chicago, Josie Childs!

These three items commemorate the events surrounding Dizzy Gillespie's honorary doctorate from Columbia University!

Nice blend of Jazz-Pop-Blues vocals from Judy Henske with "Feeling Good," "Crazy He Calls Me," "Some of These Days," and more!

Rare British publication from the Swing Era, edited by Edgar Jackson!

Sidney Bechet's son!

performed with Benny Carter, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, et. al!

Signed check from pianist RICHARD WYANDS, the oldest of the surviving West End regulars!

We offer here a one-of-a-kind piece: Chuck Wayne's contact info written out in his own hand CHUCK WAYNE is a guitarist, best known for playing with Woody Herman, George Shearing and Tony Bennett.

Written by WARREN LEIGHT

1960 publication

Rare program for the 12th annual Lester Young Memorial, which took place in New York on March 18, 1996 and featured performances and lectures by many of the foremost figures in jazz.

ORIGINAL SCRIPT: The Fred Astaire Show: Broadcast with Art Ford, including corrections, RARE!

Singer Helen Humes was a top billing star with the Basie band and with so many of the other leading musicians of the Swing Era including Art Tatum and Teddy Wilson!

This program contains a wealth of unique information on Ellington's life and music, and memorializes a most notable homage to the legendary composer.

Rare program guide released by WNYC in March 1992, featuring an exclusive article on Phil Schaap. Phil will sign and personalize if desired.

RCA VICTOR catalogue/booklet bundle: May 1946 catalogue, May 1941 HMV (some pages), & Sept. 1947 booklet!

RARE LP featuring Jazz standards from Hal Militare and ensemble with BILL DILLARD and CLYDE LOMBARDI

August 27, 1979, at the Village Gate!

Bundle of Catalogues from COLUMBIA RECORDS: 1942 Catalogue, "Music A La Carte," Masterworks May 1942, and more, w/ GOODMAN, JAMES, at. al!

October 1981 JAZZ LINE (Vol. 2 No. 4) WITH Tal Farlow Cover Story

CAB CALLOWAY, Nov. 29, 1994 Funeral Program: listed performers include Bill Cosby. Phil gave a Eulogy and can sign and also personalize the program if desired!

Jazz Session 45 No. 2 presents an exceptional ensemble performing Swing and Bop classics—Erskine Hawkin's "Tuxedo Junction" and Charlie Parker's "Scrapple From The Apple"!

SIR ROBIN CLARK, real name Ellsworth Brown, played both piano and C-melody saxophone as well as singing at The West End starting in 1974, largely with the Franc Williams Swing Four.

Rare Soul Jazz on this PRIVATE Canadian label Van-Los SEALED LP with Gerald Brashear, Frederico Cervantes, and Ron Floreno!

This 1979 letter from James R. McLaughlin, then vice president of Doubleday Press, mentions the publication of Dizzy Gillespie's autobiography!

Rare PROMO cassette from George Wein, Doc Cheatham, and Alvin Batiste!

Photo and business card of BILLY KAYE: Drummer with Monk, Lou Donaldson, and more!

Celebrate Traditions in Swing by sporting one of these!

MAX ROACH & RANDY WESTON: NY Times feature article on BeBop Reunion, July 27, 1990!

Napa Valley Jazz Festival LARRY VUCKOVICH business card

SIGNED by all four members - Oliver Jackson, Budd Johnson, Dill Jones, & Bill Pemberton

This truly unique letter—written to Phil in 1992—is an intimate piece from the life of a Jazz bassist giant!!

with Lester Bowie, Fred Hopkins, and Philip Wilson

Bassist Al Hall recorded with Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Fats Navarro, Sonny Stitt, Little Jimmy Scott, and Duke Ellington.

This card is packed with Kansas City Jazz history! It is LUQMAN HAMZA's, the legendary Kansas City singer and pianist, and on the back is JAY McSHANN's phone number!

Greetings from Lake Tahoe!

Herbie Hall was the brother of Edmond Hall and was himself a talented clarinet player.

ON MENZA, tenor saxophonist with Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich and others, is featured prominently on the session on this cassette—it was, in fact, his own copy!!

Krakauer is a specialist in Klezmer clarinet while retaining his Jazz chops and enthusiasm.

Franklin Skeete was the bassist in the Count Basie band in the 1960s, but he also recorded with Wynton Kelly, Hank Mobley and others during the Hard Bop era!

This personal letter to Phil from 1997 will be a highlight in any Jazz collection, a one of a kind document from a musician who was very much in the thick of Jazz!

One-of-a-kind!

Rare vintage cassette featuring celebrated trumpeter Dud Bascomb at the height of his career. Bascomb, recognized primarily for his work with Erskine Hawkins and Duke Ellington, is here captured on a rare session as a leader.

A 1968 letter from the Duke Ellington Jazz Society announcing a celebratory event for legendary vocalist Al Hibbler. On the back are handwritten notes from Walter Schaap concerning Hibbler's background and career.

with Ray Copland, Bill Watrous, Clifford Jordan, Chino Pozo, et. al!

Here's one that speaks for itself—the legendary Chicagoan Bud Freeman SIGNED 78rpm sleeve and a copy of his legendary record date of The Eel on 78rpm Bluebird 10386!

The famed Dizzy Gillespie red chair was cut up and "sold" to donors who helped save WKCR in 2007. This booklet is one of the few remaining chances to own a piece of WKCR history!

From the funeral of the great Jazz guitarist, BILLY BAUER (November 14, 1915 – June 17, 2005)!

Brown was the founder of Hartford's Monday Night Jazz series recognized by the Library of Congress as the oldest continuously run jazz festival in the country!

Above all else, pianist RAM RAMIREZ is revered for his composition “Lover Man” that became Billie Holiday’s biggest hit and a moving though difficult recorded moment for Charlie Parker.

Bundle of SIGNED checks of the genius arranger Eddie Durham, Jimmy Powell, the vice president Paul Quinichette, Franklin Skeete, lead alto Earle Warren, trombone star Dicky Wells, and Jo Jones, Jr.

September 1987 WKCR Program Guide feat. TEDDY WILSON, & Phil Schaap article!

"Hot Tracks" LP from the ELLIS - BROWN Sextet, with Harry "Sweets" Edison, Jake Hanna, et al... Autographed by Ellis !

The West End (Gate) opening night for West End GATE program with Buddy Tate and Branford Marsalis!

Jazz Review: MULLIGAN + Blind Lemon Jefferson, and "What Is A Jazz Singer?," Vol. 2 No. 7, August 1959!

Jazz enthusiast, historian and scholar Helen J. Ennico was involved with the Duke Ellington Society and dedicated her life to sharing Jazz, especially the music of Duke Ellington.

One-of-a-kind!

Incredible reprinted supplements of discographical listings including check lists, identification charts, and catalogue reprints.

ELLA FITZGERALD First Day USPS DELUXE Stamp Issue, Jan. 10, 2007, Special - Jazz at Lincoln Center cancellation edition on cream colored thick paper rag with the deluxe presentation!!

Written by Robert Goffin, an acclaimed jazz historian and personal friend of Louis Armstrong, Horn of Plenty presents a view of Satchmo unmatched in its intimacy and detail.

Classic Jazz from pianist Don Ewell, with vocalist Barbara Dane, on a RARE Pumpkin LP with "The Pearls," "Cake Walkin' Babies From Home," and more!

Benny Waters was a pioneer Jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger who played with King Oliver and Fletcher Henderson during the Jazz Age!

The Hamilton-Bates unit working out of Providence, Rhode Island were a primary illustration of the “neo Swing” development in the “mini” Jazz Revival of the 1970s.

Featuring Thelonious Monk on his FIRST RECORDING! Joe Davis 8251-A Original Pressing! Signed by Wynton Marsalis

Bernhardt Crystal is the uncle of BILLY CRYSTAL. His brother was Jack Crystal, in turn the brother-in-law of Milt Gabler. They ran the Commodore Music Shop and Commodore Records.

MARY LOU WILLIAMS' Spiritual Guide

This collection of documents will be a boon to discographers as it includes photocopies of Marilyn Moore's RARE record with Vin Rodie’s All Star Jazz with Coleman Hawkins!

BARBER TO THE STARS: Sugar Ray Robinson, Louis Armstrong, ROGERS L. SIMON, Contact info!

MR. JELLY LORD remains the definitive bio-discography of the legendary Jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton!

"Unity," "Walk On By," "Love Will Keep Us Together," "Then Came You," and more!

TWO original Capitol LPs by the great vocalist KAY STARR—Movin' and The Hits of Kay Starr!

The Minnesota-based arts organization ARTS MIDWEST put out extensive photos, bios, discographies, AND a special record of MARCUS BELGRAVE; ROY BROOKS; RUSTY BRYANT; and ROSCOE MITCHELL in the 1991 JAZZ MASTERS JOURNAL!

VHS electronic press kit for Marcus Roberts simultaneous releases of Portraits in Blue/ Time and Circumstance!

Rare album from the star of "The Benny Goodman Story!"

Program from the funeral of bebop piano legend Walter Bishop Jr. A longtime member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and a frequent collaborator with such stars as Bird, Miles, and Sonny Rollins, Bishop was a genuine giant of the bebop era.

Quentin "Butter" Jackson was in the right place and right time as far as Jazz goes, playing in the early bands of Don Redman, William McKinney, and Cab Calloway as well as the later bands of Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus.

August 1949 issue of the International Jazz Magazine, Playback! Original!

Unique 10" reel to reel tape box, from the legendary Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

w/Paul Barbarin, Kid Howard, et. al.

This business card is from Strozier's emergence as a pianist, although he was better known for playing alto and flute with such legends as Roy Haynes and Lee Morgan during the 1960s.

Extensive photos/essays, schedules - mostly in German

Harold Jovien was a longtime producer and manager for Jazz musicians.

"Sweet Georgia Brown," & "So In Love," 1950 SIGNED by Guarnieri!

Being a famous singer, Kitty Kallen's autograph would be quite precious, but here we offer something a little more unique—a signed sheet of paper from a note to her doctor in New Jersey!!

Gene Rodgers, a gifted pianist, is probably most famous as the pianist on Coleman Hawkins's monumental Body and Soul!

GREAT CONDITION / No Mailing Sticker

Includes Poster, reviews, clippings, and more!

RARE and EARLY Leiber-Stoller tune

3 UNPUBLISHED photos by the great Jazz photographer William P. Gottlieb o IVAN "Loco" ROLLE, ARTIE MILLER, and JIM ROBERTS!!

"Hamlet's Soliloquy," - 1941 !

Two rare, early-period photos of one of the most unique and inventive groups in modern big band music, the Either/Orchestra.

with WALTER BISHOP JR., Originals & '50s Rock, NEW LP, Benyo BY 3335.

Great Price for Three RARE Issues!

This 78rpm record is the landmark first recording under the name of In The Mood: Edgar Hayes's In The Mood on Decca 1882, the original issue!

Piano w/Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Oscar Pettiford, et. al!

RARE pressing - "What A Little Moonlight Can Do," "Thou Swell," "Cottage For Sale," and more

conducted by Eugene Ormandy

This unique package of photographs and a press release is a boon to any Ellington collection, including two unpublished photos of Greer!

Lanphere famously played in the bands of Woody Herman, Claude Thornhill and Charlie Barnet. This one-of-a-kind letter is a must-have for BeBop completionists!

WKCR's "Traditions In Swing," Planning Meeting Sign in sheets: Bette Brisbane, John Garcia Gensel, Willie Jones, et. al!

A tape box from Phil's legendary phone encounter with Miles Davis on WKCR's Miles Davis festival as later portrayed in the film "Miles Ahead"! Phil will provide a letter of authenticity.

Together in this one of a kind photograh are two Jazz legends: drummer Max Roach and tenor saxophonist Harold Land on the birthday of Clifford Brown!!

with Bird's bassist TEDDY KOTICK - "The Shadow Of Your Smile," "Ruby My Dear," and more!

Red Onion Jazz Babies: ARMSTRONG, Buster Bailey, et. al...Brunswick 80062, SIGNED by Wynton Marsalis!

Down Beat announces an historic moment: the Newport Jazz Festival’s move to New York.

The fabulous music of Billy Strayhorn performed by a band including Elvis Costello, Hank Jones and Dianne Reeves. Signed by Dianne Reeves and the late & great Hank Jones!!

Rare SEALED vinyl from Carmen Leggio's sextet, PLUS exceedingly rare LIVE material from Gene Krupa's quartet!

We offer the entire New York Post of June 15, 1996, telling of Ella Fitzgerald's passing with the huge headline "Misty Over Ella."

August 1999: Laminated Pass & Event Ticket!

The Classic "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon," is featured on this original Jazz Session 45: Personnel includes Jack Six (played with DAVE BRUBECK) and Artie Miller!

Singer, guitarist, and entertainment specialist JACKIE PARIS kept Phil plugged in to his comings and goings. This press kit for Jackie Paris is signed to Phil, "Jackie"!

Not to be confused with the famed English actor Alan Bates, the Jazz Alan Bates is a producer of contemporary and avant-garde Jazz who owns Black Lion Productions, known for its releases on the legendary Candid label!

This extremely rare package includes a program for New York Governor Herbert Lehman's 80th birthday celebration on March 29, 1958, as well as a 12" LP recording of the night's performances by Yip Harburg, Harold Rome, and other jazz giants.

WALL'S Record Outlet Advertisement!

This 1947 card to Phil's dad, Walter Schaap, is from Robert B. Sales, a record collector from Louisville, KY who ran a Jazz record sales business!

A signed letter from OTTO LUENING, composer innovative in electronic music and tape music!

RCA VICTOR RED SEAL bundle: Jan., May, & June 1941, Sept., 1947, and RCA Record Review 1947!

Feat. Stan Kenton, Nat King Cole, et. al!

"Basin Street Blues," "Poor Butterfly," and more!

This one-of-a-kind February 28, 1996 letter is from François Postif to Phil’s father Walter Schaap (with Walter’s March 6, 1996 penciled notation)!

FRANKIE DUNLOP (1928 – 2014) was a fantastic drummer best known for his extensive work with Thelonious Monk. His autograph is RARE!

Connie Crothers’ business card has the addition of Maxine Roach’s (Maxine, a prominent violist, is Max Roach’s daughter) information and name in Maxine’s hand on the back!

Monthly booklet featuring DIZZY, GEORGIE AULD, ELLINGTON, & more!

A postcard for the New York Jazz Club concert that featured Sidney Bechet and James P. Johnson in 1947!

RED ALERT! RED RODNEY Downbeat Jazz Hall of Fame Ceremony Invite

December 1988

The late and great NORRIS TURNEY brought the flute into Duke Ellington’s tonal palette!

This set of four provides you with the business cards of legendary presenters of Jazz!

Exceedingly rare WKCR program guide from November 1987, featuring exclusive articles by Phil Schaap on jazz icons Teddy Wilson and Lester Young.

TWO ORIGINAL RECORDING SHEETS for Verve LP Al Hibbler sings love songs

A program and information booklet from the 1998 Frank Sinatra Conference at Hofstra University. Included in these documents are several otherwise-unpublished articles and images pertaining to the legendary crooner.

NY Post December 4, 1969: Jazz at The Roosevelt Grill ad and article

with Vinnie Colauita, John Patitucci, Tim Landers, et. al!

The business card of the late bassist MORRIS EDWARDS who played with Thelonious Monk.

New Orleanian tenor player Eddie Miller was a prominent soloist and bandleader during the Swing Era—his sweet, soulful sound on the saxophone made him a star of the day, and makes him a noteworthy Jazz figure now!

1954!

A personal check signed by AL COBBS, trombonist with Louis Armstrong and Jimmie Lunceford, from April 1985!

Vocalist with Hank Jones, Tyree Glenn, Yank Lawson, et. al!

SIGNED by Joe Muranyi, Riverside RLP 2503!

Unique Presentation Packet from the one and only EDDIE DURHAM!

These color photos feature a young Kenny Washington, and are beyond scarce—these are the only copies!

CHARLES DELAUNAY initialed New Years Card, One-of-a-kind!

This autograph of Eubie Blake is dated May 2, 1967, making it uncommon and collectible!

Rare publication from the golden age of Jazz!

Ragtime master & composer of "I'm Just Wild About Harry:" February 6th and 8th 1979, Baltimore Sun Articles, Blake's Hometown!

wThis rare ECM Records TEST PRESSING of drummer Alex Cline's The Lamp and the Star features contemporary Jazz of the 1980s at its finest.

This one-of-a-kind letter from DAVID AMRAM from 11/27/1997, addressed to Phil, discusses Amram’s soundtrack music for the original film “The Manchurian Candidate."

DUKE ELLINGTON, TOMMY DORSEY, ARTIE SHAW, and more!

This holiday card, addressed to Phil, is from Bubba Brooks, brother of Tina Brooks (a guy!) who was tenor sax with Bill Doggett and Harlem Blues & Jazz Band.

Rare WKCR program guide from May 1994, featuring exclusive articles by Phil Schaap (on Mark Wilder) and Ben Young (on Andrew Hill and Evan Parker). Available for signature and personalization by Schaap, Wilder, and Young.

3 business cards for Junior Mance, Butch Miles and Danny Mixon!

Two UNPUBLISHED photos by the greatest of Jazz photographers, William P. Gottlieb of DILL JONES—pianist with Gene Krupa, Eddie Condon, The Countsmen and the JPJ Quartet.

Memorial Service Program for altoist EARLE WARREN

Rare news clipping from the New York Times containing the obituary of Joe Carroll, a longtime bandmate of Dizzy Gillespie and one of the foremost pioneers of bebop singing.

A sheath of documents for the Sidney Bechet Society signed by Daniel Bechet, John Chilton, William Gottlieb, and Nat Hentoff!

Featuring HAROLD CUMBERBATCH, Richard Williams, et. al!

This handwritten address label is from AARON SACHS, clarinet protégé of Benny Goodman and early BeBopper who played with Earl Hines, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan!

Jazz Session checks SIGNED by Phil Schaap and SHELTON GARY, Jo Jones protege!

From the longest living member of the original Billie Holiday swing song records, this isn't a commercial cassette, it is a reference cassette with writing IN HIS OWN HAND!

MAX ROACH was awarded an honorary Doctorate from Columbia University, on May 16, 2001. The occasion was noted in the Columbia school paper, COLUMBIA SPECTATOR, in the May 23, 2001 Graduation Issue, V CXXV N. 67!

Business card of EDMUND ANDERSON, a close friend of Duke Ellington who attended the legendary Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall concert with Duke and sat near Duke on stage for the 1/23/1943 Carnegie Hall concert!

A good condition copy of the June 1946 issue!
Besides the cover stories seen, there is an article on WOODY HERMAN written by JOHN HAMMOND

This business card advertises the MACHITO ORCHESTRA'S 1983 Grammy award for best Latin recording! It is the business card of Mario Grillo, the son of Machito and current musical director of the Machito Orchestra!

Art Blakey, Duke Ellington, Lightnin' Hopkins, and more, Vol. 3, No. 1!

Jazz-Fusion from Errol Parker and his tentet with an electrified ensemble, including Patience Higgins, Kevin Harris, Rory Stuart, Steve Coleman, Bill Saxton, and Robin Eubanks!

featuring drummer RAY MCKINLEY

This exceedingly rare issue of Columbia College Today is dedicated to the rich history of WKCR. It features a VERY obscure live recording from a 1941 date at Minton's featuring Thelonious Monk.

27th annual 12 hour Jazz marathon

OKEH & VOCALION August 1940 Catalogue: Transitional issue - HORACE HENDERSON, GENE KRUPA, and more!

Billie Holiday's memoir's signed by the late, great Lawrence Lucie who lived to 101 and was the last survivor of the Billie Holiday Swing Song Tradition recordings!

1997 Photo Jazz Calendar with photo of Phil Schaap and Clark Terry by Norm Harris

HOT JAZZ: Fletcher Henderson, Red Nichols and more!

DECCA RECORDS Album Booklet: Blue Skies; CROSBY, ASTAIRE!

On January 22, 1943 the New York Daily Mirror published a short article on Duke Ellington, the night before his Carnegie Hall debut!

More than rare!!

DECCA Records: Gems of Jazz volume 5, booklet; CONDON, MCPARTLAND, NOONE, & more!

3 pages. By Wilma Dobie, legendary director of the famed Jazz events at the Overseas Press Club, artistic director Earl Hines.

Be Hip Be Sharp Be Bop! features the inimitable Dizzy Gillespie right at the peak years of his music, BeBop. It's a remarkable and fun document from the era, and a very hard to find treasure!

OKeh, Vocalion, and Columbia Records bundle, 1940-42: HORACE HENDERSON, BENNY GOODMAN, CAB CALLOWAY, and more!

Here's one we'll bet you won't find anywhere else—a WKCR envelope of Ferris Booth Hall vintage.

Jazz vibraphonist David Samuels has performed with such major artists as Gerry Mulligan and Carla Bley!

Today autographs of this hugely talented Jazz figure are far from easy to come by, so this attractive signature on a green card circa the mid-1960s will be a treasured item in any Jazz collection!

Feat. "Neverbird," "She's Gone," "The Song Is You," and more!

AUTOGRAPHED by Pianist Bobby Pratt, "Cotton Town," "When The Midnight Choo Choo Leaves For Alabam,'" and more!

In the days when the West End Lounge was a Jazz Haven, Denardo Coleman attended the club—this is a charge slip from 1982, not a copy but the original SIGNED.

1986's Grammy Nominated ROYAL GARDEN BLUES is an homage to the birthplace of Jazz: New Orleans.

November 7, 1947

For the jazz fan that has everything, how about some CD sales receipts autographed by current and classic Jazz stars. Signatures include Houston Person, Jimmy Cobb, and Bill Charlap.

with Harold Ashby, Tiny Grimes, (LOVERMAN composer) Ram Ramirez, et al!

An enormous work of Jazz history and scholarship, the continuation of Leonard Feather's definitive work is handled masterfully by editor Ira Gitler.

with liner notes by Barbara Dane

Post card, Signed by Cecil Payne: "Cecil"!

Johnny Blowers Funeral Card

ads, photos, "where the bands are playing," and much more!

The August 1996 edition of the WKCR Program Guide, curated by Sharif Abdus Salaam. Available for signing and personalization by Salaam and Phil Schaap.

Connie Henry (Charlie Parker, Lester Young bass player) program for 2/25/1988 concert with unique picture of him playing with Teddy Wilson at the high hat SIGNED by Connie Henry!

Offered here is the simple and elegant business card of pianist RICHARD WYANDS, known for playing with Gigi Gryce, Charles Mingus and Roy Haynes!

Wall's Record Outlet in New York City was just one of many stores in New York City that catered to Hot Jazz enthusiasts!

Over 40 years old!

February 1952 issue of the international Jazz magazine PLAYBACK.

October 25, 1927 Vocalion 3149. Autographed by Wynton Marsalis

This one-of-a-kind tape box comes from a Stan Getz recording session from March of 1964 that wasn't released until the 1990s as the Verve album, Nobody Else but Me.

A LaRue Brown Watson entity (CLIFFORD BROWN'S widow), Charles Delaunay Obit, Unique essays, interviews, and more!

This heretofore UNPUBLISHED photo by the greatest of Jazz photographers, William P. Gottlieb features HAROLD ASHBY, tenor saxophonist and described by Duke Ellington as “soul saturated, solo popping deluxe."

Fletcher Henderson's arrangement of the classic Christmas tune: with Bunny Berigan, Gene Krupa, and more...Victor 25145, SIGNED by Wynton Marsalis!

LEIGHT signed Christmas Card: Leight provided the basis for the Jazz inspired play "The Sideman"

This rare EARLY photo is from Wilson's victory in the third annual BMI Jazz Composers Competition, 1995.

RARE! Optional signing and personalization by Phil Schaap, please specify in order notes. A chronological listing of Louis Armstrong's recordings as heard on WKCR's famous 1980 festival.

Saxophonist Warren Luckey was a stalwart in the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra and his daughter Paulette was an excellent vocalist! This red paper flyer for two dates in December 2005 is accompanied by a letter to Phil from Warren’s son-in-law and Paulette�

Bob Calese, a Caucasian Italian-American from Boston, played in the integrated Fletcher Henderson Orchestra that famously toured, even the South, during World War II.

This is a unique and excellent insight into Brandford Marsalis's life as a musician. A mix of interviews / performance.

Sir Robin Clark was a clever and talented musician and composer and this songbook list and history of his composing is a testament to his unique career! The pamphlet is SIGNED by Sir Robin!

This laminated card is from the August 14, 2009 funeral of the great LAWRENCE LUCIE, the ryhthm guitarist extraordinaire and last surviving member of Billie Holiday's Swing Era recordings!

HAND STAMPED at ceremony held at Jazz at Lincoln Center, 2007. This is the LARGE envelope edition which includes a placard celebrating the art of Ella Fitzgerald!

"Minor Mambo," "Lover Come Back To Me," and more!

Signed to Laura Cantrell

The great Milt “BAGS” Jackson gave us a lot of spectacular Jazz with his vibes and genius but he also gave us something else besides football to celebrate on New Year’s Day – his birthday!

Original Photo feat. JOE ALBANY (pianist with BIRD!), at the West End, 1979

1972, formerly Nick's, YOUR FATHER'S MOUSTACHE photos and ticket. DOC CHEATHAM, JOHNNY VINES !

This calendar from 1997-98 promotes the Impulse! label's rich Jazz history!

I REMEMBER BUD POWELL is a beautiful picture sleeve EP featuring a rare Kenny Clarke and His 52nd Street Boys session from September 5, 1946!!

Front: Doc Cheatham Happy 90th Birthday New York // New Orleans
Back: June 13, 1905 Nashville, Tennessee. Adolphus Anthony 'Doc' Cheatham

Multi reed artist HAYWOOD HENRY played at the Savoy Ballroom with Erskine Hawkins for 20 years and takes the clarinet solo on the original “Tuxedo Junction” (7/18/1939)!

CAPITOL NEWS bundle: June 1946, December 1946, October 1947; KENTON, et. al!

The continuation of Jazz scholar and producer, Leonard Feather's definitive work, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JAZZ signed by editors Ira Gitler, Benny Powell & Randy Weston!!!

Pianist Walter Norris sent a copy to Phil and included this typed note which includes his signature (in his hand)!

Bassist with COLTRANE!

SWING: June 1940 (V2 N12), w/ an article written by DUKE ELLINGTON

Smith began recording as a leader in 1976, around the same time as this photo!

Also recorded with KING OLIVER - One-of-a-kind!

This candle is certainly an oddity, but a great tribute to Milford Graves whose own sculptures include found objects.

LETTERS FROM YEYITO is a captivating memoir from the beloved Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and fourteen-time Grammy winner, PAQUITO D’RIVERA!

Two monumental hits by Frank Sinatra, MY WAY and PRETTY COLORS, are on this EP. "Old blue eyes" turned MY WAY into a record-breaking hit that stayed on the UK top-40 for 75 weeks! ISSUED IN IRAN!!! RARE!!!

Duke Ellington, Teddy Wilson, Harry James and more!

This is a Christmas card from Sidney Bechet’s grand-niece, VERA BECHET-DUGAIS, from 1997.

Rare proclamation letter for the 50th Anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, SIGNED by founder and producer GEORGE WEIN, 2004!

Rare is an understatement here: we'll wager that you'll never find another card featuring both the important bandleader and banjo player Elmer Snowden and the hot trumpeter Charlie "Devil" Gaines!

May 21, 1989

HORN OF PLENTY, Robert Goffin's 1947 biography of Louis Armstrong

James Moody as important a Jazz philanthropist as he was a musician, and this letter documents both of those fields prominently.

From Monday March 22, 1999, comes this scarce concert program from the Sidney Bechet Society's Jam session held at the Greenwich Village Center, SIGNED by the legendary producer and Newport Jazz festival founder, GEORGE WEIN!

Act now to get your own copy signed by session drummer Jimmy Cobb, only available at the Schaap Jazz Shop!

This business card advertises Kiane Zawadi's music teaching and includes additions in his own hand. It's a scarce item from this truly unique musician.

One-Of-A-Kind!

In 1993, Chico O’Farrill and his wonderful wife, Lupe – they are Arturo’s parents – invited Phil to a party.

Pioneering Jazz Discographer!

DECCA Records Booklet for the Classic Album set "NEW ORLEANS JAZZ:" ARMSTRONG, NOONE, RED ALLEN & More!

Ronnie Cole is a second generation jazzman whose father was the alto saxophonist and clarinetist Rupert Cole, a member of big bands led by Louis Armstrong and Cootie Williams!

Signed by Junior Mance, Lee Konitz, Jon Hendricks, Clark Terry, Louie Bellson, Al Grey, Wynton Marsalis, Jimmy Woode, and the artist Christopher Paluso!

Depression Era Jazz & Blues: ADRIAN ROLLINI, JOE VENUTI, MEMPHIS MINNIE, JOSH WHITE, and more!