Vinyl plays with occasional crackles (play-graded). Cover looks great; a few creases near edges; light-scuffing, tiny surface abrasions, and surface impressions (front/back); tiny surface abrasions on front; initials written near top-left on back; slight discoloration with darker discoloration spots on back and near top-right on front. Inner-sleeve is generic white; two seams partially split. Spine is mostly easy-to-read with mild-wear. Minor shelf-wear along bottom-edge; heavier wear along top-edge and and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)
Herbert Arnold Geller was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger. After three years in New York, Geller joined the Billy May orchestra in 1952 and, following an engagement in Los Angeles, the Gellers returned there to live. Among the groups Geller worked and recorded with were Shorty Rogers, Maynard Ferguson, Bill Holman, Shelly Manne, Marty Paich, Barney Kessel, Andre Previn, Quincy Jones, Wardell Gray, Jack Sheldon and Chet Baker. Lorraine worked as the house pianist at the Lighthouse Jazz Club, and played with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Jack Teagarden, Bill Holman and was the accompanist for the singer Kay Starr. Geller recorded three LPs as a leader for Emarcy plus some with Dinah Washington, Max Roach, Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, and Kenny Drew. In 1955, he won the "New Star Award" from DownBeat magazine and achieved worldwide recognition through his recordings with Clifford Brown. Later, Geller worked in the bands of Louie Bellson and Benny Goodman. His wife Lorraine Geller died of an acute asthma attack in 1958. Deeply depressed, Herb Geller decided during a tour through Brazil with the Benny Goodman Orchestra not to return to the United States, but instead, to stay in Sao Paulo for six weeks playing bossa nova music at a local club and then depart on a ship to Europe.