Autographs
STAN GETZ, JOE WILLIAMS, JOHN HANDY, BOBBY HUTCHERSON, MICHAEL HEDGES & WOODY HERMAN
(JAZZ GREATS) 1986 Palo Alto Jazz Festival Poster Signed by STAN GETZ, JOE WILLIAMS, JOHN HANDY, BOBBY HUTCHERSON, MICHAEL HEDGES and WOODY HERMAN, Choice Extremely Fine.
September 27, (1986)-Dated Palo Alto Jazz Festival Poster. Signed by Stan Getz, Joe Williams, Woody Herman, Bobby Hutcherson, Michael Hedges and John Handy in black ink. Poster measures approx 8-1/2" x 14". Reverse side is blank as made. Festival took place in Palo Alto, California. Poster is in excellent condition with only very light creasing on close examination. John Handy scratched out the first part of his name then continued as seen otherwise signatures are all in excellent condition for display.
Stanley Getz (February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as "one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists". Getz went on to perform in bebop, cool jazz and third stream, but is perhaps best known for popularizing bossa nova, as in the worldwide hit single "The Girl from Ipanema" (1964).

Joe Williams (born Joseph Goreed; December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999) was a well-known jazz vocalist, a baritone singing a mixture of blues, ballads, popular songs, and jazz standards.

Woodrow Charles "Woody" Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading various groups called "The Herd", Herman was one of the most popular of the 1930s and 1940s bandleaders. His bands often played music that was experimental for its time. He was a featured halftime performer for Super Bowl VII.

Bobby Hutcherson (born January 27, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) is a jazz vibraphone and marimba player. His vibraphone playing is suggestive of the style of Milt Jackson in its free-flowing melodicism, but his sense of harmony and group interaction is thoroughly modern. Hutcherson has influenced younger vibraphonists including Steve Nelson, Joe Locke and Stefon Harris.

Michael Alden Hedges (December 31, 1953 – December 2, 1997) was an American composer, acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter.

John Richard Handy III (born February 3, 1933, in Dallas, Texas) is an American jazz musician most commonly associated with the alto saxophone, although he also plays tenor and baritone saxophone, saxello, clarinet and oboe, and sings.