Jazz Image Masters Photography
The great improvisational American jazz musicians of the mid-20th century inspired a generation of photographers to develop a looser, moodier style of visual expression. That evocative approach is on striking display in The Jazz Image. Covering six decades of performers —from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington to John Coltrane and Miles Davis—this distinctive collection is as much a comprehensive catalogue of jazz greats as it is a salute to the photographers who captured them.
Lee Tanner, a leading authority on jazz photography, has chosen works—by such brought up jazz photographers as Herman Leonard, Bob Willoughby, Milt Hinton, and Bill Claxton—that are iconic, candid, explosive, and intimate. They provide a simultaneous look at jazz, photography, and America from 1935 into the 1990s.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #318657 in Books
- Published on: 2006-11-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .80″ h x 10.10″ w x 12.10″ l, 2.85 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 176 pages
From BooklistNo mean jazz photographer himself–see his Images of Jazz (1996)–Tanner generously shares space with his peers in this album for which he wrote the historical preface, explaining why jazz photography is an after-1930 development, and chosen the pictures. If there are more Tanner photos here than any individual else’s, they don’t upstage anybody else’s, either. This black-and-white gallery is as distinguished for it is egalitarianism as a jam session. It is understood, however, that it, like a jam session of real pros, represents an egalitarianism of the elite. The taking part lensers include a heap of of the most famous in documentary and mercantile photography–the likes of Gjon Mili, William Claxton, Dennis Stock, Frank Wolff, Herman Leonard, Carole Reiff, Val Wilmer, and Jim Marshall–and, of course, the most famous photographer among jazz musicians, bassist Milt Hinton. To a person, they received the kind of images that Alfred Wertheimer in Elvis at 21 (2006) calls numerous of the best possible: pictures of persons doing something more necessary to them than having their picture taken. Ray Olson
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About the Author Lee Tanner has been photographing jazz musicians for almost half a century. His photographs have appeared in Down Beat, Jazz Times, American Photo, and Popular Photography, on the covers of a great deal of record albums, and in assorted books. He lives in Sonora, CA.
Nat Hentoff is a jazz critic, historian, biographer, and columnist for the Village Voice, The Wall Street Journal, and Jazz Times. In 2004 he was named one of six NEA Jazz Masters, the initial non-musician to win this honored award. He lives in New York City.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
 Truly great images
By C. Elkins
If you grew up listening to jazz from the 30′s through the 60′s you’ll really enjoy the pictures in this book. They evoke a feeling and, in most cases, present the players as “bigger than life”…just as they were to us then and now.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
Great Overview
By A customer
this is the kind of Book that truly showcases some of the Greatest Jazz Artists Ever. Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Miles Davis,Louis Armstrong, amongest others. it is great to see so many Important musical figures in the Moment where Creativity is coming about. this is a Must have collection.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
candid photos depicting the greatest stars in jazz!
By Jazz Fann
Wonderful “coffee table” book, loaded with excellent candid photos of the greatest jazz stars — definitely a keeper!
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