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• Gabrielle Davis

  November 12, 2015 1:17 am

  

  Hello-
  I am Miles Davis’ great granddaughter. His Son – my uncle Miles Jr just recently passed and We have a couple artifacts from him that he kept from miles that we are willing to sell but we don’t know where to set that prices at. We have items such as custom made jackets work by him in live performances and concerts.
  Thank you for your time-
  Gabrielle Davis

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• Peter Clist

  December 12, 2015 8:25 am

  

  I would like to buy Jazz Vinyl every type of Jazz. Please advise on my email what you have available and the price. I will reply if I am interested!
• Jim ballantyne

  January 2, 2016 9:33 am

  

  My 63 year old brother has been collecting jazz albums for 20+ years. He has a ton of albums and is now looking to sell the collection. Most are in good to excellent condition.
  I can send a list of what he has (several hundred) if you are interested.
• Tebogo

  January 7, 2016 8:29 pm

  

  Hi Jim am a South African.

  Tell how much does yor brother sell the entire collection?

  Interested please me the list.
• Tebogo

  January 7, 2016 8:32 pm

  

  Interested to buy bulk collection.

  How much is expected? Also send a list
• LuisC

  January 31, 2016 9:59 pm

  

  Hi Jim,

  I am interested in the collection of records. Please let me know the albums you have.

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• Roger J

  April 16, 2016 2:22 am

  

  Hi I’m just about going thru’ my late dad’s jazz record collection. It includes Miles Davies, Cannonball Adderley, Thelonius Monk, Tommy Dorsey, Stan Getz, to name a few, have these value? If I sent over a list could I get an estimate?
• Khamadi Grimble

  April 21, 2016 12:27 pm

  

  Hello, I have a collection of Jazz albums that I have been collecting for over 45 years. My collection includes over 60 albums by Coltrane and 40 by Miles. I would like to see if anyone would be interested in purchasing the entire collection. I also have a collection of albums from various genres of music. I have yet to list all of the albums, however l will start soon on that task.
• Edgar Hall

  May 30, 2016 2:34 pm

  

  I have bulk collection, a thousand listed and catalogued. Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Chet Baker, are high album counts, will send the 1000 album catalogue upon request.
• Edgar Hall

  May 30, 2016 2:37 pm

  

  Have 1000’s of album, ranging from very good to mint condition, can provide list upon request.
• bob windsor

  June 6, 2016 8:20 pm

  

  Have a BEVERLY KINNEY SINGS FOR JOHNNY SMITH COVER VG AND RECORD IS TOO. want to sell. give e mail address to anyone interested
• Janine Barber

  June 20, 2016 4:01 pm

  

  I have the vinyl album of The John Barnes Roy Williams JazzBand (15-31 Stereo), and it is signed by both artists. Album and cover in very good condition. How can I find out how much this worth?
• Colin Bacon

  September 7, 2016 3:06 pm

  

  I have purchased a large collection of records of which there is a lot of jazz records.
  l am trying to value the jazz records to sell.
  My research shows rvg ear blue note is rare and valuable.
  For example one of many l have is Blue Note 4002 RVG EAR 43 West 61st .,New York 23. Jimmy Smith House Party. I would appreciate any information to enable me to value records like this.
• lub pekelder

  October 4, 2016 11:42 am

  

  At a booksale I have found a Prestige/Metronome Records vinyl of Thelonious Monk.Sonny Rollins, A-Side: Work, B-Side: Nutty
  with Percy Heath and Art Blakey
  MREP 430
  Made in Sweden for Metronome Records
  Red and black cover by Hannan
  It seems to be in a very good condition, never or seldom played.
  Anyone interested?
• NIKOS SPANOS

  October 10, 2016 5:08 am

  

  I have a big jazz collection, ( about 1200 vinyl records), and I sell it.
  If you interesting I can send you the hall list.
  It stetting from 1930-1990 approximately…
  140 of Duke Ellington- 40 Miles Davis- 30 Thelonious monk- 11 Stan Getz- 40 Sonny Rollins- 25 Lester Young- 17 Johnny Hodges- 15 Eric Dolphy- 50 Dizzy Gillespie- 14 Dexter Gordon- 15 Dave Brubeck- 11 Count Basie- 18 Coleman Hawkins- 16 Clifford Brown- 10 Chet Baker- 60 Charlie Parker- 60 Charlie Mingus- 14 Bud Powel- 18 Billy Holiday- 11 Art Blakey and many many others like Thelonious Monk, Winton Kelly, Sidney Bechet, Cannonball Adderley, Ben Webster… etc.
• ROBERT AARUP

  November 10, 2016 2:24 am

  

  I have a sealed copy of BILL EVANS-CALIFORNIA HERE I COME-on Verve Records,also a sealed copy of-ll-jazz- sampler stereo recording-byMAXELL-A limited edition stereo recording.I am looking to sell them,make me an offer for each,if offers are not acceptable im going to send them to auction at JAZZ COLLECTORS.COM
• Linda Cusumano

  November 21, 2016 10:55 am

  

  Hello, I am trying to find information on a rare Charlie Parker Lp I own. It was bootlegged from Europe by a musician friend who was on tour there and given to me in 1978. I have not been able to find any information on the album I have. The album is “Charlie Parker At The Pershing Ballroom Chicago 1950” When I research that album, The cover and inside of mine is different, it is clearly a bootleg from Holland. If anyone has any information on this please let me know, The front cover is a picture of Charlie Parker that I have never seen, The back is him facing the wall, looking like despair. I have pictures of the album also. Here is the information I do have:

  Charlie Parker At The Pershing Ballroom Chicago 1950
  Charlie Parker Sextet
  Charlie Parker (alto sax) unknown (tenor sax -1/5) Von Freeman (tenor sax -6/13) unknown (piano -1/5) Chris Anderson (piano -6/13) George Freeman (guitar) Leroy Jackson (bass) Bruz Freeman (drums) unknown (vocals -11/13)
  “Pershing Hotel Ballroom”, Chicago, IL, October 23, 1950
  1.Indiana Zim ZM 1003 2.I Can’t Get Started-3.Anthology-4.Out Of Nowhere-5.Get Happy-6.Hot House-7.Cool Blues-8.All The Things You Are-9.Billie’s Bounce-10.Pennies From Heaven-11.Embraceable You-12.Body And Soul-13.Stardust-
  * Zim ZM 1003  
  This tape recording was made by Donald Coy, edited to Parker solos and exchanges. The tape was recorded off a dressing room speaker, and parts of some items (“Embraceable You” through “All the Things You Are”) are marred by conversation.
  A second version of “Pennies from Heaven” was recently discovered. It ends after the Parker solo, and an unknown trombone can be heard.
  The four titles issued on Philology Volume 14 are listed there as from Pershing Ballroom, November 1949, but they clearly belong here.
• Rick Fry

  November 21, 2016 8:27 pm

  

  Hi Linda,

  It sounds like one of many, many bootleg LPs by Bird recorded by one of his many fans with a tape recorder. The tape or disc found it’s way into the hands of whomever was running Zim Records in the 1970’s. Zim is a domestic U.S. Jazz label with live material of unknown legal status (list here:http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/zim.htm) that was distributed by City Hall Record Distributors in San Rafael, CA, but not currently listed in their label list. I’m not sure what other info you’re looking for, but maybe City Hall can help you.

  Bootlegs of this stature usually sell for $10-15 in stores and the internet.
• Linda Cusumano

  November 23, 2016 11:16 am

  

  Hi Rick, Thank you so much for helping me out. I do not wish to sell this LP. I am a jazz musician and this LP is very sentimental to me. I appreciate you responding and I will try and get more info on it. Thanks Again!
• Linda Cusumano

  November 23, 2016 11:29 am

  

  I would like to post a picture of the album for anyone to comment, I don’t know how??? Can anyone help?
• Marilyn D Ramos

  July 11, 2017 10:46 pm

  

  what is the value range for LP microgroove 12″ Prestige , “Mr. Saxophone”, Sonny Stitt
• Amy

  August 6, 2017 5:09 pm

  

  I have quite a few lp’s I am looking to sell. Billie Holiday, The HiLo’s, Ella Fitzgerald. They were willed to me. They are original pressing all in very good condition with jackets and covers.
• Vanessa Perry

  January 28, 2018 9:17 pm

  

  Good evening

  I have my dads jazz, Doo Woop Soul R&B viynl. The collection is over 1000. I would like to sell them.
  In addition, he had over 1500 cd’s. Jazz soul Doo Woop To see.
• Karen

  May 2, 2018 7:57 pm

  

  My husband helped navigate many jazz artists in the early 70’s for the french summer jazz festivals in the south of France. I have about 2000 albums, many signed by the artists, , as new, in protective coverings. Quite a few of the albums have multiple signatures of the musicians who played on the albums. Following are some of the artists who have signed the albums – Joe Newman, Miles Davis , Chet Baker , Nina Simone, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and his band, Pepper Adams, Horace Silver, Stan Getz, Astrid Gilberto, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie , Dollar Brand, Paul Chambers, Gerry Mulligan, Pepper Adams, Milt Jackson, Jimmy Heath, Lee Konitz, Abbey Lincoln, George Shearing, Cannonball Adderly, Ron Carter, Jerry Mulligan, James Moody, Joe Albany, Woody Shaw and many others … also have encyclopedia of Jazz 197Os & 60s – practically all pages signed by the artist listed in the encyclopedias – best advice on how to sell? Would appreciate any advice.
• simon

  October 18, 2019 7:11 am

  

  hi would I interest anyone in purchasing this its for sale if so please email simonhinesgti@gmail.com

  ISLE OF WIGHT
  JAZZ DIVAS FESTIVAL
  2005 APRIL 8 / 9 / 10
  AN INTERNATIONAL LINE UP WITH THE ACCENT ON WOMEN IN JAZZ
  FULL SIZE ORIGNAL POSTER AUTOGRAPHED BY ALL LEADING JAZZ SINGERS WHO PLAYED
  VERY RARE 1 OFF ITEM SIGNED BY ALL WHO PLAYED
  NO OTHER COPYS AVALIBLE FOR THAT JAZZ CONCERT
  TOP ARTISTS SIGNED
  JACQUI DANKWORTH & HER MUSCIANS
  ANNIE WHITEHEAD QUINTET
  HARRY STRUTTERS HOT RHYTHM ORCHESTRA
  ANITA WARDELL QUINTET
  ANDREA VICARI TRIO WITH MORNINGTON LOCKETT
  PLUS LOADS MORE
  PROTECTED PICTURE AND BACK
  SOLID WOODEN QUALITY FRAME
• Sabrina

  December 28, 2019 10:27 am

  

  Hello,

  I own the following vinyl albums. The majority are still in their original sealed and have never been played. Where can I find their value? Or would anyone provide their value, please? Thanks!

  Al Di Meola Project Soaring through a dream
  Al DiMeola Project Tiramisu
  Art Taylor A.T.’s Delight
  Bennie Wallace Twilight Time
  Bennie Wallace/Jimmy Wallace Twilight Time/Quiet Storm
  Bill Evans New Conversations
  Bill Evans The Alternative Man
  Blue Note Sampler Jazz Messengers, Dexter Gordon, Jackie McLean
  Blue Note Sampler Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock
  Blue Note Sampler McCoy Tyner, Larry Young, Sonny Rollins
  Bud Powell Amazing Bud Powell Volume 3
  Bud Powell Alternate Take
  Charlie Parker Storyville
  Chick Corea Song of Singing
  Charlie Parker Storyville
  Dexter Gordon One Flight Up
  Dexter Gordon ???
  Dexter Gordon Nights at the Keystone
  Eric Dolphy Out to lunch
  Fats Navarro ??
  Francisco Mora Mora
  Freddie Hubbard Life Flight
  Freddie Hubbard Here to stay
  Freddie Hubbard Hubtones
  George Russell/Living Orchestra The African Game
  Hank Mobley Another Workout
  Hank Mobley High Voltage
  Henry Butler The Village
  James Brown Funky People
  Jimmy Smith Back at the chicken shack
  Jimmy Smith Quiet Storm
  Kenny Burrell Lady Be Good At The Five Spot
  Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue
  Kenny Burrell and Grover Washington Jr Togethering
  Lee Morgan Gigolo
  Milt Ward Virgo Spectrum
  OTB OTB
  Sam Rivers Dimensions and Extensions
  Sarafina Music of Liberation
  Shanice Wilson Shanice Wilson ?– (Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance
  Sherry Winston Do It For Love
  Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz
  Stanley Jordan Magic Touch
  Stanley Jordan Standards Volume 1
  Stanley Jordan Live from Blue Note Concert
  Stanley Turrentine ZT’s Blues
  Stanley Turrentine Straight Ahead
  Stanley Turrentine With Three Sounds
  Tania Maria Made in New York
  Theolonious Monk Genius of Modern Music
  The Blackbyrds Unfinished Business
  Tony Williams Foreign Intrigue
  Wayne Shorter Adam’s Apple
• Earl brown

  March 5, 2020 9:49 pm

  

  Trunk full of lips record Must call and see
• Sara Shackleton

  November 20, 2021 4:10 am

  

  Hi I have a picture of Autumn Blues Jin G Kam, my father passed away and was a big player in jazz with his small band.
  I’m looking at the price and how to sell to someone who appreciate it more.
  Thank you
• Ashley Nicole grandstaff

  May 23, 2022 12:07 pm

  

  I have a bunch of vinyl records that are my father’s I’m trying to value & sell, if anybody could help me price these & maybe even be interested in them please reach out to me at Grandstaff29@gmail.com!

  I also have 8tracks, cassette tapes, and vhs tapes!
• Charles

  July 21, 2022 6:17 pm

  

  I am a jazz record collector and interested in purchasing collections.
• Nigel A

  January 1, 2023 5:28 pm

  

  Have inherited about 400 no. 78 rpm records, all in covers and most appear never to have been played. They are from the mid 1930s to 1942 and are jazz. I have photographs of 194 of them at the moment but wondered what was the bst way to go about seeing whether they are of valuable to anyone!.
• Charles Baird

  September 30, 2024 2:43 am

  

  what do the condition symbols such as VG++/VG++ and the other condition symbols mean/stand for.