ASPEN MAGAZINE 1 BILL EVANS jazz architecture design

	£		65
	$		86

Title: Aspen Magazine No. 1

Label: Roaring Fork Press (US - 1965)

A COMPLETE first issue of this important US ('Magazine in a Box') publication. Eightl inserts (including a Bill Evans flexi-record) inside a box-folder

All inserts in in excellent/fine condition. The box itself is in reasonable shape, but has 3" seem splits top and bottom, small tears on the top edge and foredge, a couple of knocks and gereral wear, especially on the spine and corners (VG- condition I would say for the box-folder)

Contents:

ASPEN No. 1: The Black Box: Nine unnumbered items, including advertisements folder. Designed by George Lois, Tom Courtos, and Ralph Tuzzo. Published 1965 by Roaring Fork Press, NYC.

Box. Black hinged box, 9-1/2 by 12-1/2 by 3/4 inches, printed with large letter A. Contains the following seven pieces.

Jazz: A Cool Duel. Three perspectives on jazz, from three active musicians: "In Praise of Dixieland" by Freddie Fisher; "In Defense of Latter-Day Jazz" by Jon Hendricks; "In Explanation of All Jazz" by Chuck Israels.

Flexi-Disc Phonograph recording. Two sides of jazz. Side A: "St. James Infirmary Blues" performed by Peanuts Hucko, Yank Lawson, Clancy Hayes, Lou Stein, Lou McGarrity, and Morey Field, taped at the 1964 Aspen Jazz Party. Side B: "Israel" by the Bill Evans Trio, from Verve 8613, "Bill Evans Trio '65". Almost every issue of Aspen included at least one phonograph recording. In all, the magazine issued 13 flexi-discs showcasing 24 artists who ran the gamut of avant garde literature, art, and sonic experimentation. Except for two recordings ‹ a jam by the Bill Evans Trio and a reading by William S. Burroughs ‹ all were made expressly for Aspen.

Ski-Roaming, Lift-Shunning, Mountain-Touring. Denis Higgins and John Henry Auran on the pleasures of cross-country skiing.

A Sanctuary for Deer, Peacocks, and People. Peggy Clifford visits Stillwater ranch, home of architect-planner Frederic Benedict.

The Hide-and-Seek Bird of the Timberline. Timothy Thomas and Tony Gauba on the white-tailed ptarmigan.

Configurations of the New World. Extracts from thirteen papers presented at the 15th annual International Design Conference in Aspen. Includes escerpts from "Implications of Population Changes" by Philip M. Hauser ; "New Technologies and Institutional Change" by Robert G.W. Theobald; "The Human Imagination in the New Age" by Rev. William F. Lynch; "To Build Is Everything or Nothing Is Built" by Konrad Wachsman; "Columbia ‹ A Garden to Grow People" by James W. Rouse; "The Victory of Technique over Content" by Jan C. Rowan; "The New Conservation Can Succeed" by Stewart L. Udall; "The New Scale" by Arthur Drexler; "Lausanne 1964 Exposition ‹ An Experiment in Planning" by Peter Blake; "U.S. ‹ Us" by George Nelson & Co.; "The Interrelationships between Ethics and Power in Design" by Philip Rosenthal; "The New Motivations of Leadership in Industry" by David Finn and "Urban Transportation in Perspective" by Martin Wohl.

A letter from Phyllis Johnson. A letter to subscribers from publisher Phyllis Johnson.

9. Our Ad Gallery, a black folder, 9-1/8 by 12 inches. Encloses a color booklet, 26pp, 3-7/8 by 8-5/8 inches, for Fabergé "Make-Op" cosmetics; a color sheet for Grant's scotch, 9 by 12 inches; a folded color sheet for Xerox, 17 by 11 inches; a black and white sheet for Adele Simpson, 8-3/4 by 10-5/8 inches; a green and white sheet for the Seven Arts Book Society, 8-7/8 by 10-1/2 inches.

*See my other items for issue 9 of Aspen Magazine (The Psychedellic Issue, with Angus Maclise flexi record)

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