Blue Note: Album Cover Art - The Ultimate CollectionSmaller in trim size, greatly expanded in content, this compendium of Chronicles classic Blue Note books (50,000 copies sold) is now an appealingly chunky paperback. Blue Note remains one of the most influential jazz labels of all time, and its cover art is a virtual time-capsule of cool. Now comprehensive, Blue Note: Album Cover Art gathers nearly 400 of the legendary covers, spanning the 40s to the 70s, and features the greatest work of legendary Blue Note art director Reid Miles. Simple and sophisticated, moody and alluring, these covers continue to influence designers and excite jazz aficionados today. "One glance," as Esquire said of the original edition, "and youll know where the essence of cool remains." |
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Blue Note: Album Cover Art - The Ultimate Collection Graham Marsh,Glyn Callingham Limited preview - 2002 |
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19 Cover Design 1939 BLUE NOTE 1961 Cover Photo 41 Artist ART BLAKEY ART TAYLOR Artist ART BLAKEY Artist GRANT GREEN Artist JACKIE MCLEAN Artist JIMMY SMITH Artist KENNY Artist LEE MORGAN ASSOCIATES Cover Photo BILLY HIGGINS BLUE MITCHELL BLUE NOTE Title BOBBY HUTCHERSON Cover Design FORLENZA Cover Design REID Cover Photo FRANCIS Cover Photo REID CURTIS FULLER Date 19 Cover Design FORLENZA VENOSA Design REID MILES DONALD BYRD FINEST IN JAZZ FORLENZA VENOSA ASSOCIATES FRANCIS WOLFF STEREO FRANCIS WOLFF Title FREDDIE HUBBARD GRANT GREEN GRANT GREEN Date HANK MOBLEY HERBIE HANCOCK HORACE PARLAN HORACE SILVER JACKIE MCLEAN JACKIE MCLEAN Date JAZZ SINCE 1939 JIMMY SMITH JIMMY SMITH Date JOHN PATTON KENNY BURRELL LEE MORGAN LEE MORGAN Date LOU DONALDSON MILES Cover Photo PAUL CHAMBERS Photo FRANCIS WOLFF Photo REID MILES REID MILES Cover REID MILES Title SONNY CLARK STANLEY TURRENTINE STEREO BST STEREO THE FINEST VENOSA ASSOCIATES Cover WAYNE SHORTER