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Improvisation... jazz & photography

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Jackie McLEAN at the CHAT QUI PÊCHE in PARIS 1961

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Upright bassist Charles Mingus (1922 - 1979)

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Saxophonist Chico Freeman (born July 17, 1949)

Photographed 20.08.2011 Moscow. "Jazz in the Garden" Hermitage Festival". Earl Chico Freeman

Photo by Pavel Korbut

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drummer Philly Joe Jones (born July 15, 1923) plays during a session with the Elmo Hope Trio 1953

photo: Francis Wolff

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Bill Evans Trio - Beautiful Love /Jazz Piano Workshop Berlin 1965

drummer Alan Dawson born on this day in 1929.

Personnel: Bill Evans - piano, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - double bass, and Alan Dawson - drums.

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American avant-garde saxophonist and composer Albert Ayler (born July 13, 1936)

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In the summer of 1960, trumpeter Ted Curson created one of jazz's most iconic moments when he performed on his pocket trumpet at the Newport Rebels Festival. This alternative festival was organized by Charles Mingus and Max Roach as a protest against the commercialization and lack of representation at the official Newport festival. Curson became renowned for his use of this compact instrument; his performance alongside Eric Dolphy and Booker Ervin in Mingus's group is considered a milestone of the "inside-outside" jazz approach of that era.

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Trumpeter and composer Lee Morgan (born July 10, 1938)

photo: Francis Wolff

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Trumpeter Cootie Williams (born July 10, 1911) of The Duke Ellington Orchestra Copenhagen 1964

photo: The Jan Persson Jazz Collection

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Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley (born July 7, 1930) poses with his instrument during the recording session for his A Caddy for Daddy album 1965

Hank Mobley No Room For Squares 1963

photo: Francis Wolff

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bassist Jymie Merritt, drummer Max Roach & trumpeter Freddie Hubbard in 1966

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The late Grammy-winning Jazz musician Roy Hargrove

photo: Patrick Hilaire

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Pianist and composer Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones; July 2, 1930)

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Johnny Hartman (born July 3, 1923) - I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (1963)

Personnel: Johnny Hartman - vocals, Kenny Burrell - guitar, Hank Jones - piano, Milt Hinton - double bass, Elvin Jones - drums.

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Ella Fitzgerald in the tent in 1957.

photography by Warren Fowler

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John Coltrane performing at the Down Beat Jazz Festival 1965

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Double-bassist Reggie Workman (born June 26, 1937)