Shutterbug Friday #6:
Francis Wolff and the Empire of Cool (Vol. 3)
Rudy Van Gelder
Sidney Bechet
Alfred Lion and Thelonious Monk
Eric Dolphy and Kenny Dorham
Sonny Clark and Philly Joe Jones
Clifford Brown and Percy Heath
Eddie McFadden, Jimmy Smith and Donald Bailey
Blue Mitchell and Chick Corea
Howard McGhee, Gigi Gryce and Tal Farlow
Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Clarke and Gil Coggins
Dexter Gordon
Pops Foster, Sidney Bechet, Art Hodes and Al Nicholas
Dave Burns, James Moody, Cecil Payne
Johnny Griffin, John Coltrane and Hank Mobley
Jackie McLean and Miles Davis
Joe Henderson
Buck Clayton and Keg Johnson
John Collins, Joe Jones and Vic Dickenson
Bennie Green and Stanley Turrentine
for the series:
Shutterbug Friday
11 comments so far:
How many places and times in human history could you have walked among as much creative genius in such a concentrated space as in the jazz clubs on 52nd Street after World War II? It's possible you could find a similar sort of concentration on a studio lot during the classic period of Hollywood film, but those places weren't open to the general public.
This series makes me think that it was nearly impossible to take a bad picture of those guys.... Great pic of Trane and Hank together! They were called "the cousins", weren't they?
IN DUBIO PRO MUICA :
Yeahhh.
So that's what Rudy looks like. Love the record lathe.
Wonderful shots. The Johnny Griffin, John Coltrane, and Hank Mobley photo could possibly have been captioned "Three Tenors," no? ;-)
That's a great shot of Eric Dolphy and Kenny Dorham. Absolutely fantasic.
Do you know who the photographer was/is? My neighbor did a lot of photos of jazz greats during the Central Ave era in Los Angeles
The photographer was Francis Wolff. He'd been a professional photographer earlier in his life, but these photos were taken during his years as an executive for Blue Note Records ("The Finest in Jazz Since 1939"). Many of them were used as album cover art for that label's releases throughout the 50s and 60s.
I love that photo of Joe Henderson.
Once again, Tom, some fabulous stuff here.
cool photos
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