RR Auction: Marvels of Modern Music

ALS, one page, 6.25 x 8.5, July 26, 1980. Response to an admirer. In part: “Sorry, but I have no photos on hand…I got out of the music business some 2

Singer and vaudeville performer (1896–1967) billed as ‘The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues.’ DS two pages, 8.5 x 11, January 29, 1925. Royalty agreement

American blues and jazz singer and guitarist (1899–1970) cited as the first jazz guitar pioneer to play single-string guitar solos. DS, four pages on

One of the earliest known American professional blues singers (1886–1939), and one of the first generation of such singers to record. DS, signed “Gert

Blues pianist (1930–1970) who was a longtime member of Muddy Waters’s band. Spann was memorably featured on Fleetwood Mac’s 1969 album Biggest Thing S

Jazz trumpeter (1938–1972) who recorded over 30 albums. DS one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, February 9, 1969. Agreement for Morgan and his quintet to pl

Noted jazz pianist (1931–1963). Endorsed JATAP Publishing Co., Inc. business check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by two company executiv

FDC with a cachet honoring the 50th anniversary of the motion picture, signed in pencil and fountain pen by 14 members of the International Sweetheart

Jazz saxophonist (1923–1957). Unsigned handwritten musical exercise, in pencil, on an 8 x 6.75 musically-lined sheet, labeled at the top by Chaloff “(

Vintage menu from the Mad Hattan Room in New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania, 9 x 12, signed on the back cover in pencil by Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Teddy