1950's High School annual with great photographs and text showing the students and faculty, activities and sports, candids and graphics,  pictures of school and surrounding, and local advertisement. And including graduating senior and future Jazz great Herbie Hancock who appears on 7 pages, including full page as class king with personal paragraph. Great condition, Cool photos and period design.  

Herbie Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group, and later joined the Miles Davis Quintet  where he he becam one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. In the 1970s, he experimented with fusion, funk, and electro styles. Hancock's best-known compositions include "Camtaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man", "Maiden Voyage", and "Chameleon". During the 1980s, he was very active and had a hit single with the electronic instrumental "Rockit". He won an Academy Award, 14 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. In 2024, Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph ranked Hancock as the greatest keyboard player of all time. In 2025, he received the Polar Music Prize. His albums include: Takin' Off, Inventions and Dimensions, Empyrean Isles, Maiden Voyage, The Prisoner, Crossings, Head Hunters, Man-Child, and others. Others he has collaborated with include Freddie Hubbard, Rolland Kirk, Hank Mobley, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Stanley Turrentine, Jackie McLean, and others. 

Excellent condition hardback with tight binding and text and clean pages; with no must or mildew or missing pieces. Clean and Solid.

Great rarity giving a great look at the early life and times of one of the great jazz performers.  

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