For Sale: 1970's JAZZ concert posters from Portland, Oregon venues - DUKE ELLINGTON - ELLA FITZGERALD - COUNT BASIE - MAYNARD FERGUSON - OSCAR PETERSON - GROVER WASHINGTON, JR.
- GIL SCOTT HERON - JOE PASS - BUDDY RICH - GUY LOMBARDO - All posters are First / Only printing, original concert posters, printed prior to the show date in all cases
COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCHESTRA - ELLA FITZGERALD - OSCAR PETERSON - JOE PASS - "PABLO JAZZ FESTIVAL" - Tues, Feb 6, 1973 - at Portland Auditorium (Oregon) - First / Only printing concert poster - 14" x 22" - Features brown and white high contrast photo collage of all four performers against tan background with dark brown lettering below - Only 250 copies were printed due to the expense of the window card stock (thick grey cardboard like material) - Ultra Mega Rare - Pristine A- shape - 450.
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ELLA FITZGERALD - OSCAR PETERSON - Fri, Feb 17, 1978 at Civic Auditorium in Portland, Oregon - First / Only printing concert poster - 14" x 22" - "ELLA SINGS' - High contrast black and brown circular illustration of Ella with typeset lettering below - Ultra Mega Rare - Beautiful A- / B+ condition - 450.
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DUKE ELLINGTON - April 9th, 1973 at the Paramount Northwest in Portland, Oregon - First / Only printing concert poster - 13 7/16" x 21 5/8" - Black & white watercolor illustration of the Duke playing piano - Only 200 copies were printed due to the expense of the window card stock (grey cardboard like material) - Ultra Mega Rare - Pristine A- copy - Inquire for Price & Availability - Beautiful B+ copy - 450.
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GROVER WASHINGTON JR.
- GIL SCOTT HERON - Sat, Jan 14, 1978 at the Civic Auditorium in Portland, Oregon - First / Only printing concert poster - 10 15/16" x 16 27/32" - Red background blends with pink dot screen pattern to form high contrast photo of Grover playing his tenor sax with eyes closed with while typeset lettering above and below - 2" vertical bend at lower right edge is difficult to see (disappears in a frame), does not flake color, a few light bends at upper right edge have a tiny bit of color wear (not easily seen) - Ultra Mega Rare - Beautiful B / B+ to B+ copy - INQUIRE
MAYNARD FERGUSON & HIS ORCHESTRA - Fri, Sept 29, 1972 (other possible year is 1978) at the Portland Auditorium (Oregon) - First / Only printing concert poster - 14" x 22" - Dark blue and white with violet lettering, dark blue background - Silkscreened poster - Only 200 to 250 copies were printed, due to the expense of the window card stock (thick cardboard like material) - I've only seen two copies of this concert poster in the 9+ years I hunted extensively for concert posters in the Portland area! - Ultra Mega Rare - Beautiful A- condition! - 700.
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GUY LOMBARDO & HIS ROYAL CANADIANS - "The Sweetest Music this side of Heaven" - Thursday, October 12, 1972 at the Civic Auditorium in Portland, Oregon - First / Only printing concert poster - 21 15/16" x 14" - Boxing style / window card poster - Blue and white photo of the late Guy Lombardo (R.
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1977) with typesetting "the sweetest music this side of heaven", large block typeset letters above photo in blue and red on white background - A few bends at the upper corners, 1/4" clean rip at right side of poster, other mnor bends in image area (no color flaking), frameable as is! - Printed by Artcraft Litho (N.
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BUDDY RICH AND THE BUDDY RICH BAND - Featuring Steve Marcus / Tenor Sax - Barry Kiner / Piano - Fri, Dec 9th, 1977 at Jefferson High School Auditorium in Portland, Oregon - First / Only printing handbill mailer - 8 9/32" x 11" - black and white photo of Buddy Rich - This handbill was actually labelled (on backside), folded in two places (horizontally, clean) and mailed - Black printing on white paper - Only copy I've seen in the 9+ years I extensively hunted concert posters and handbills in the Portland area! - Ultra Mega Rare - Beautiful B+ / A- shape - INQUIRE
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