The Blue Note Years: The Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff

by Michael Cuscuna, Charlie Lourie

From 1941-1965 Francis Wolff took thousands of photographs during the rehearsals and recording sessions that made Blue Note Records the world's most famous jazz label. This book presents over 200 of those intimate photographs and the text details the history of the label and the fascinating stories behind some of its most legendary recordings. A valuable reference section includes biographies of the artists and the names and dates of the sessions at which the photos were taken.

Genres: Music, Photography, Art

204 pages, Hardcover

First published November 4, 2000

Reviews

[Carlos Lopez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Photography and best jazz ever… A great book. Great historic document. Great entertainment.

[Raka Satay · Rating 5 out of 5]

this one is all pleasing image of jazz musician who recording their masterpiece-magnum opus track at Blue Note, and always Francis Wolff made it entirely perfect when it come to photography. It looked like you be there as a person who enjoyed their jazz specially for you.

the printing who made in Italy i guess there is no way better than this printing type, i bought this book from alibris and end up for my thesis who talked about Roland Barthes: Studium & Punctum. I studied each photo's according to Barthes theory and it beautifully transcends me in to some other realms who perfectly fit spiritually jazz reading.

[Eric Byrd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome. Leaves William Claxton choking in the dust. Wolff's shot of John Patton--at piano, his sweat-gemmed face, shut eyes and slightly parted lips set on a giant white turtle neck sweater--is up there with Avedon's 1955 Marian Anderson as a timeless image of ecstatic musical transport.

Found it!

http://www.pixagogo.com/Photos/Albums...

Anderson by Avedon:

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/phev...

[F.C. Etier · Rating 5 out of 5]

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