Love and Understanding: The Jazz Photography of Don Schlitten - Couverture rigide

Schlitten, Don

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ISBN 13 : 9798875000645

Editeur : Fantagraphics, 2026

Synopsis

Don Schlitten was working as a photographer and commercial artist in New York City when he co-founded Signal Records in 1955. When Signal was folded into Prestige Records shortly thereafter, Bob Weinstock, head of Prestige, enlisted Don to produce music, photograph musicians, and design album covers. His name graces the album covers of over 400 records produced between the 1950's and 1980's, either as producer, photographer, or album designer, often all three. This book features over 100 photos, personally selected by Don Schlitten as his personal best, many unseen, others familiar as album covers but given new context in their original format. Featuring icons of jazz like Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Rollings, and Frank Sinatra, it also includes candid photos of such unsung giants of jazz as Booker Ervin, Eric Dolphy, Mal Waldron, Don Patterson, Etta Jones, and Sonny Criss and more. The book includes a biographical essay written by jazz scribe Ted Panken with an introduction by the 'Jazz Detective' himself, Zev Feldman. As an extra bonus, this book features an American Splendor comic strip that features Don educating Harvey Pekar, as well as a gallery of Don's personal favourite top 30 album covers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Don Schlitten was born 1932 in the Bronx where he still resides to this day. Although he aspired to be a musician himself, he ultimately settled on becoming a commercial artist and attended Music and Art High School in Harlem. His classmates included jazz pianist Freddie Redd and several founding members of Mad magazine. He produced his first recording session in 1957 for former Charlie Parker bandmate Red Rodney in 1957. From the late 1950's through the 1980's he produced and/or supervised over 300 albums in addition to photographing the artists and designing the album covers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fantagraphics
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798875000645
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 129
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible