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The Detroit Contemporary 5 [John Sinclair]Newark / Detroit: The Artists’ Workshop / Detroit &amp; The Jazz Art Music Society, 1966. Mimeograph on tan stock from type and holograph. 7 ½ x 11 in. Mild age toning and edges embrittled.Handbill promoting “The Detroit Contemporary 5, featuring Marion Brown,” a series of concerts in Newark, presented by The Artists’ Workshop from Detroit, and the Jazz Art Music Society from Newark. Ensemble member John Sinclair would go on to found the White Panther Party two years later and play in the celebrated proto-punk band MC5.The Detroit Contemporary 5 (DC5) was a fluid ensemble from Detroit that included John Dana, Ronald Johnson, John Sinclair, and trumpetist Charles Moore. It had grown out of the Detroit Artists’ Workshop, an important meeting ground for musicians and other artists at the height of the Detroit Free Press artistic movement. The concert was part of DC5’s ten day tour of the east coast, and featured the renowned alto player Marion Brown. The politically oriented jazz scene in Newark would soon coalesce with Amiri Baraka’s Jihad Productions.A record of the intersecting networks of avant-garde jazz and radical politics.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual items.

The Detroit Contemporary 5 [John Sinclair]

Good stuff that almost disappeared (or may as well have).

Jazz Party: Walter Bowe and the Angry Young MenNew York: [Walter Bowe], 1963. Offset, postmarked on verso, addressed to a prominent New York filmmaker. 9 ½ x 14 in. Very good; yellowing commensurate with age and lines from folding for mailing.Poster promoting a recurring “Jazz Party” hosted by Walter Bowe and his band The Angry Young Men, featuring their renditions of traditional and modern dancing jazz at 9:30pm every Friday night. The poster was mailed by Bowe to a prominent NYC filmmaker, documenting the connection between the avant-garde jazz and film scenes of the early 1960s.“Free Black-eyed peas and rice for early comers.”Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual items.

Jazz Party: Walter Bowe and the Angry Young Men

Bebop Slang&nbsp;El Cerrito, CA: Paradise Products, 1985. Offset. 27 7/8 x 20 in. Light bumping to edges.Charming poster defining hepcat lingo.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual items.

Bebop Slang

For The Benefit of LeRoi Jones [Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Frank O’Hara, Paul Blackburn]New York: Living Theater, 1963. Offset. 8 x 10 ½ in. Near fine.Flyer for a benefit for the poet, writer, and editor LeRoi Jones (later Amiri Baraka), with readings, concerts, and lectures by Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Frank O’Hara, Paul Blackburn, and more.The Living Theatre organized the benefit for LeRoi Jones, who was then seriously ill, along with his wife Hettie Jones. His seminal work of musicology, Blues People, would be published later that year.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual items.

For The Benefit of Leroi Jones [Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Frank O’Hara, Paul Blackburn]

For The Benefit of Leroi Jones — Another copy

Imprimerie des GondolesAu Debut de Chaque Mois: Le Monde Libertaire posterParis: Fédération Anarchiste, ca. 1950s. Screenprint. 22 ¾ x 25 ¼ in. Subtle lines from folding into eights; tears (approx. 1 in.) at center of top and bottom edge along fold lines; toning commensurate with age.Poster advertising the organ of the French Anarchist Federation, Le Monde Libertaire [The Libertarian World], featuring anarchist symbols like the black flag and raised fist. The text reads, “At the beginning of each month / The Libertarian World / on sale at all kiosks / or 3, rue Ternaux - Paris (XI).”Printed by Imprimerie des Gondoles, a printshop in the Parisian suburb of Choisy-le-Roi founded by Spanish anarchists in exile and members of the Spanish CNT (Confederación Nacional del Trabajo [National Confederation of Labor]).Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Au Debut de Chaque Mois: Le Monde Libertaire poster

How About A Frosty Fugazi? [Flyer for Fugazi's first show]Washington, D.C.: Positive Force / Wilson Center, [1987]. Offset, with holograph drawing on verso. 11 x 8 1/2 in. Discoloration to edges, light bumping, holograph inscription on verso bleeds through a little.Flyer promoting a concert at the newly reopened Wilson Center, featuring the nascent Fugazi shortly before Guy Picciotto joined the band, playing with Marginal Man, Fire Party, and IgnitionSponsored by the punk activist group Positive Force, the concert was a benefit for the production of the State Of The Union compilation LP, which raised funds for the DC homeless shelter Community for Creative Non-Violence and the ACLU.In addition to being Fugazi’s first performance, this show also marked the reopening of the Wilson Center following a two-year closure due to the management’s opposition to slam dancing, fighting, and the damage punk shows had done to the space. The space reopened to punks with Fugazi’s debut.This striking document features a drawing of the Fugazi members, with Guy Picciotto drawn just outside the trio, as he hadn't officially joined the band yet.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

How About a Frosty Fugazi? flyer [first Fugazi show]

The Dictators [flyer]Whitestone, NY: Youth Association of Whitestone, [1985]. Xerox. 8 1/2 x 14 in. Lines, tearing, and bumping from folding.Flyer promoting a concert by The Dictators and a special mystery guest in the town of Whitestone, New York, hosted by the Youth Association of Whitestone.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

The Dictators flyer

Would We Force This Mutant Child To Walk A Mile To See: Minor Threat, Necros, S.S. Decontrol, and The F.U.'sCamb[ridge]: V.F.W. Hall, [1983]. Xerox. 11 x 8 1/2 in. Light bumping to bottom right corner, very clean example.Comic flyer promoting a concert by Minor Theater, Necros, S.S. Decontrol, and the F.U.'s at the VFW Hall.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

The Detroit Contemporary 5 [John Sinclair]

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