Trading eights
the faces of jazz
by Todd, James G. Jr, Ted Gioia, and Dana Gioia
Paying homage to a quintessential American style of music, known for its spontaneity and improvisation, this edition blends evocative jazzmen portraiture with new and highly personal characterizations of the music. Jazz is embodied music. Here you will find portraits of eight iconic jazz figures, engraved by James G. Todd Jr., an innovator in the field of wood engraving. Accompanying these penetrating engravings are words from jazz pianist and writer Ted Gioia, author of The History of Jazz, and poetry from his brother Dana Gioia, poet and former Chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Trading eights: the faces of jazz
2016, Mixolydian Editions and Nawakum Press
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0990787540 9780990787549
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"Trading Eights was designed and co-published by Richard Wagener of Mixolydian Editions and David Pascoe of Nawakum Press. The wood engravings are by James G. Todd, Jr., created between 1973 and 1994, and printed by Richard Wagener directly from the blocks. The typefaces are Erhardt and Janson, cast by Patrick Reagh in Sebastopol, California. Titling is Modern #20 and Grotesque #9. The text was printed by Richard Wagener ... and by Patrick Reagh ... The papers are Zerkall Büttenpapier 225 gsm from Kall, Germany and La Papeterie Saint-Armond from Montreal, Canada. Translucent interleaves are digitally printed on an Epson P-7000 at Black Cat Sudio in Novato, California. The binding and paste papers are by Lisa Van Pelt in Philo, California. Published in an edition of fifty-five copies, forty of which are for sale and numbered 1-40. Fifteen copies lettered A-O are reserved for the publishers and participants."--Colophon.
Engravings of Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus, Bob Brookmeyer, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Milt Jackson, and Gerry Mulligan (frontispiece).
Rare Book copy: No. 32; signed by Ted Gioia, James G. Todd, Jr., and Dana Gioia.
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