Jazz Had It Covered

My father left behind a large collection of jazz LPs when he died. This is a photographic record of some of them. Great design, typefaces and photography feature in many. They are shown here as they are in life; scuffed, taped, stickered, treasured and loved.

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Red and Black and White.

Images - Sonny Red, Blue Mitchell & Grant Green.

Sittin In - Sonny Stitt & Oscar Peterson.

BBB - Benny Carter, Ben Webster & Barney Bigard.

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Count Basie at Antibes: 1961 and 1968

A magnificent festival, the Antibes International Jazz Festival brought together some of the top names in jazz. Thankfully this footage of Basie and his band were captured live there in 1961 and 1968.

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Selling Hank Mobley Mobley’s Message UK vinyl LP HANK MOBLEY Mobley’s Message (Extremely rare 1956 UK 6-track deep groove mono LP on Esquire, with ‘RVG’ hand inscribed in the run-offs, sonically on a par with its US Prestige counterpart, if not better. Recorded on July 20, 1956 & starring Donald Byrd, Barry Harris, Doug Watkins Art Taylor & a young Jackie McLean guesting on one track, this is a high energy all-star Bop date of the highest order. Comes housed in a unique fully laminated flipback sleeve, with no splits or writing.The http://991.com/Buy/ProductInformation.aspx?StockNumber=649217&utm_source=tumblr-991&utm_medium=tumblr-991&utm_campaign=tumblr-991 991 buys and sells premium quality and top condition rare and vintage vinyl records, rare CD’s and music memorabilia

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Jazz Illustrated. Fine, Sweet and Tasty - Paul Smith Quartet. Dixieland Detour - Pee Wee Hunt.

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Smokin’ Jazz album covers 2 of 2

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Fantastic 50's Hey There - Jon Eardley. 1955. Bud Shank and the Three Trombones. 1954. Cover Design - William Claxton.

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Front and Back Again.

The Buddy Rich Band - Very Alive At Ronnie Scott’s. 1972.

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Fifties Favourites.

Earthy - Al Cohn, Art Farmer, Hal McKusick, Kenny Burrell. 1957.

Storyville - Gerry Milligan Quartet. 1956. Cover Photo - William Claxton.

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Fronts and Backs

Cannonball Adderley - What I Mean. 1979. Photography - James Moore. Art Direction - Phil Carroll.

Miles Davis - Miles. 1972. Photography - Lee Friedlander. Art Direction - Tony Lane.

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Six String Stars.

Cal Colins, Herb Ellis - Interplay. 1980. Cover Photo - Bruce Parr.

Kenny Burrell - Tin Tin Deo. 1977. Cover Photo - Gerry Sato.

Kenny Burrell - Kenny Burrell. 1959.

Cal Collins - In San Francisco. 1978. Cover Photos - B R Burr & David Fischer.

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Dark and Mysterious. Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet. 1955. Glad To Be Unhappy - Paul Desmond. 1966. Jazz Spectacular - Frankie Laine and Buck Clayton. 1955. The Oscar Peterson Trio at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival. 1956. Cover Design - Sheldon Marks. Cover Photo - Chuck Stewart.

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A Quintet Of Covers. Milestones - Miles Davis. 1958. Cover Photo - Dennis Stock.. Chet Baker & Strings. 1954. Cover Photo - William Claxton. Overseas Special - Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis. 1984. Cover Design - Dick Hendler. Jimmy Witherspoon at the Monterey Jazz Festival. 1960. The Driver - Buddy Rich. 1965.

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Blue For All. More Blues and the Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson. 1965. Cover Design - Robert Flynn/Viceroy. Cover Photograph - Pete Turner. Carl's Blues - The Curtis Counce Group. 1960. Cover Design - Guidi/Tri-Arts. Photos - Cecil Charles. Out of the BLUE - Sonny Red. 1960. Cover Design - Reid Miles. Summer Serenade - Benny Carter Quartet. 1982. Cover Design - Chris Olesen. Blues On My Mind - Cal Collins. 1979. Cover Design - DH Studio.

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Classics One and All. Swinging With Flip - Flip Phillips and his Orchestra. 1952. Cover Illustration - David Stone Martin. Lionel Hampton and the Jazz All-Stars. 1972. Gerry Mulligan meets Ben Webster.1961. The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson. 1960. West Side Story - Oscar Peterson Trio. 1962.

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Starting Things Off. Lighthouse At Laguna - Lighthouse All-Stars. 1955. Cover design - Guidi/Tri-Arts. Witch Doctor - Chet Baker and the Lighthouse All-Stars. 1985. Cover photo - Bob Willoughby. Mulligan Meets Monk. 1957. Cover Design - Paul Bacon. Screamin' The Blues - Eric Dolphy. 1967. Boo Boo Be Doop - Sal Salvador Quartet. 1954.