Claxton, Jazzlife
25 Jahre TASCHEN
TASCHEN (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 30. September 2008
Book
Hardback
552 pages
978-3-8365-0868-1 (ISBN)
Description
"Im Jahr 1960 reisten der Fotograf William Claxton und der bekannte
deutsche Musikwissenschaftler Joachim Berendt auf den Spuren des Jazz
durch die Vereinigten Staaten. Das Ergebnis ihrer Zusammenarbeit war eine
erstaunliche Sammlung von Fotografien und Aufnahmen legendärer Künstler
sowie unbekannter Straßenmusiker."
deutsche Musikwissenschaftler Joachim Berendt auf den Spuren des Jazz
durch die Vereinigten Staaten. Das Ergebnis ihrer Zusammenarbeit war eine
erstaunliche Sammlung von Fotografien und Aufnahmen legendärer Künstler
sowie unbekannter Straßenmusiker."
Reviews / Votes
"Jazzlife is surely the most thorough and imaginative visual record of American jazz at mid-century that we'll ever see." - Newsweek, New York"More details
Edition
1., Aufl.
Language
English
French
German
Place of publication
Cologne
Germany
Illustrations
col. Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 34.2 cm
Width: 24.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-8365-0868-1 (9783836508681)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
William Claxton began his career shooting jazz record cover art. His iconic images of Chet Baker, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday and many others reflect his preeminence among photographers of jazz music. Claxton worked for many of the biggest publishers including Life, Paris Match, and Vogue magazines. His work has been shown in galleries around the world, and his photographic prints are now sought after by collectors of fine art photography. In Germany, Joachim E. Berendt was called the "jazz pope", and indeed he was the most influential non-musician in the German jazz scene for more than 50 years. He was founding member of South West German Radio (Sudwestfunk) and produced more than 250 records, including many issued on the MPS-SABA label. In 1953, he first published The Jazzbuch, which became the most successful history book on jazz worldwide. His collection of records, books and jazz documents became the basis for the Jazzinstitut Darmstadt before he died in an accident in 2000. His contributions to jazz are internationally recognized to this day.
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