Jazz Photos

[Ron Thorne]

We must have a thread for some old & new images of the jazz makers!




Gjon Mili—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Duke Ellington and friends, New York, 1943.



Gjon Mili—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Vocalist Lee Wiley sings, accompanied by her husband, pianist Jess Stacy, with Eddie Condon on guitar,
Sid Weiss on bass and the great Cozy Cole on drums, 1943.



Gjon Mili—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
J.C. Heard Orchestra, 1943.


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William P. Gottlieb
52nd Street, New York City, ca. 1948

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Fast forward 65 years ...



Jimmy Owens



Corey Wilkes



Mingus Big Band

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Freddie Hubbard - Rochester, New York 1976 | Tom Marcello



Oscar Peterson at the Piano - Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y. 1977 | Tom Marcello



Billy Hart on stage | Rochester, N.Y. 1978 | Tom Marcello

Jimmy Owens - trumpet
Dave Loeb - piano
Steve Davis - bass
Billy Hart - drums

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Mingus in Oslo | Erik Stenvik © All rights reserved

Charles Mingus under en konsert i Njårdhallen i oktober 1970.
Charles Mingus on stage in Oslo 1970.

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Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Roy Eldridge and Max Roach - 1952

[ValerieB]

thanks so much, Ron and photographers. wonderful, classic pictures.

[Ron Thorne]

Glad to share what I find, Valerie. I love these wonderful shots, mostly of folks who are no longer with us.




BILLY STRAYHORN - Paris, 1960 | Herman Leonard



BEN WEBSTER - Birdland, New York, 1950 | Herman Leonard



CHET BAKER - Newport Jazz Festival, 1955 | Herman Leonard



ART BLAKEY - Paris, 1958 | Herman Leonard

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DIZZY GILLESPIE - New York, 1950 | Herman Leonard



CLARK TERRY - New York, 1953 | Herman Leonard



GERRY MULLIGAN, ZOOT SIMS - New York, 1955 | Herman Leonard



ELLA FITZGERALD - New York, 1953 | Herman Leonard



BOP CITY, RAY BROWN, ELLA FITZGERALD, ARTIE SHAW, KAI WINDING - New York, 1953 | Herman Leonard

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DINAH WASHINGTON - Newport Jazz Festival, 1955 | Herman Leonard



COUNT BASIE - Newport Jazz Festival, 1955 | Herman Leonard




DAVE BRUBECK - Newport Jazz Festival, 1955 | Herman Leonard




CANNONBALL ADDERLEY - New York, 1956 | Herman Leonard

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BEN WEBSTER - Birdland, New York, 1950 | Herman Leonard



KENNY CLARKE - New York, 1948 | Herman Leonard



JOE WILLIAMS - New York, 1954 | Herman Leonard



LENA HORNE - New York, 1950 | Herman Leonard

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Tom Harrell


Jaleel Shaw


Tony Malaby, Mark Helias and Tom Rainey | by Juan Carlos Hernandez

[ValerieB]

especially love the top two! if things go well, i'll be seeing Tom's band with Blake, Spalding, Shaw, Escoffrey soon!!

[Ron Thorne]

Lucky you, Valerie.

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John William Coltrane | September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967


Photograph: Chuck Stewart/Redferns


l to r: John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis and Bill Evans
Kind of Blue recording session | Photo Don Hunstein


John Coltrane and Lee Morgan, Coltrane’s Blue Train recording session,
September 15, 1957 | Photo: Francis Wolff



November 28, 1962 | Stefaniensaal, Graz, Austria

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[Mike Schwartz]

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Jeanne Moreau and Miles Davis

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