October 26, 2003

The Look of Jazz

Saxophonist Dexter Gordon
1948 from Herman Leonard's "Images of Jazz"

"Light. Shadow. Swirling cigarette smoke. These elements of Herman Leonard's photography helped define the "look" of American and European jazz for the last 50 years."

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Posted by Van der Leun at October 26, 2003 8:04 AM
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