Hinton, Milt and David G. Berger. BASS LINE. The Stories and Photographs of Milt Hinton. 1988 1st Foreword by Dan Morgenstern. 200 photographs, most previously unpublished, by Milt Hinton.Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1988. First edition. ISBN 0877225184. An intimate view of the jazz world by a musician who experienced it first-hand for most of the 20th century. The "dean of bass players," Milt Hinton (1910-2000) was a member of Cab Calloway's orchestra for sixteen years (1936-51), and played with such jazz greats as Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Benny Carter, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, and Dizzy Gillespie. Throughout his career, he captured candid images of the artists and personalities in the music scene who were his mentors, colleagues, and friends, photographs that are accompanied here by vivid recollections of his life and career. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Milt Hinton to legendary jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, arranger, composer, and bandleader Benny Carter (1907-2003) on the front flyleaf: "To Benny Carter: Dear Benny I humbly/ thank you for all the encouragement and support/ you've given me through the years. The entire music/ world respects and loves you beginning with me/ Milt "Judge" Hinton/ [small drawing] 88." Carter figures in numerous textual entries and appears in two of Hinton's photographs. A fine copy in a fine jacket with some moderate sunning along the spine. Price: USD 500.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS014543I    inquire

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