Jazz - Hardcover

Claxton, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0942642287 ISBN 13: 9780942642285

Publisher: Twelvetrees Pr, 1987

Synopsis

Presents photographs of jazz singers and musicians of the 1950s and 1960s

About this title

About the Author:

William Claxton currently lives in Los Angeles.

Review:

--Buzz, January 1997
The 1950s jazz scene continues to grow in its fascination. Is it the musical genius of players like Stan Getz, Art Blakey, and Miles Davis? Or is it the image of jazz cats like Chet Baker, dressed in a suit, stooped in a corner of some dark, smoky club, playing their hearts out? Judging from William Claxton's latest book, Jazz, it's the latter. Finally available in a soft-cover edition, Claxton's book is, first and foremost, an art book that just happens to be about such jazz greats as Miles Davis, Chet Baker, and Billie Holiday. With stunning black-and-white photogrpahy, Claxton captures the moodiness of the genre, the intimacy of his subjects, and the romanticism of a lost age of genius.

The pics by photographer William Claxton are mature, expressive and precise: this glorious paper edition of his 1987 classic is timeless. It's safe to say that these photos have played as big a role in the jazz renaissance as a whole stack of reissues. Time Out New York

With stunning black-and-white photography, Claxton captures the moodiness of the genre, the intimacy of his subjects, and the romanticism of a lost age of genius. Buzz

About this edition

• Publisher: Twelvetrees Pr
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0942642287
• ISBN 13: 9780942642285
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 120