Take a jazz trip like no other with Joachim Berendt and William Claxton ’s legendary photographic journey through the concert halls, side streets, and big bands of 1960s America.
From coast to coast, this stunning tribute to a uniquely American art form features such stars of the genre as Muddy Waters, Ella Fitzgerald, and Miles Davis.
Limited Art Edition of 1,000 copies, signed and numbered, each with four signed and numbered ultrachrome prints and remastered CD of Berendt’s original jazz recordings
Capturing the breadth and depth and beating heart of American jazz like no other photo collection, the book’s photographs reach from coast to coast, from New Orleans to New York, from Jackson to St. Louis, and from unknown street performers to legends of the genre , including beautiful portraits of Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters, Gabor Szabo, Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, and many more. Many of the pictures featured here have never been published before.
Limited Art Edition of 1,000 copies, signed and numbered, each with remastered CD of Berendt’s original jazz recordings and four ultrachrome prints, signed by William Claxton