Playing with Prez was something | Miles Davis on Lester Young, 1990
Lester Young & Miles Davis, 1950s photo: Burt Goldblatt . And then I met “The President,” Lester Young, when he...
Lester Young
Days [ ) Originality | Lester Young, 1909-1959
Lester Young near the Five Spot Cafe NYC, 1958. (Photo: Herb Snitzer) . “Originality’s the thing, you can have tone...
J[A-Z]Z / p1ck ( Jazz at the Philharmonic | Billie Holiday, 1954
artwork David Stone Martin Billie Holiday, Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You?, June 3, 1946 . Recorded on February...
Jazz Essays | Photos by Eliot Elisofon (1954)
Eliot Elisofon, Chet Baker, Jazz Essay 1954 Gerry Mulligan, Jazz Essay 1954 ...
A Great Day in Harlem | 17 East 126th Street, New York City | Art Kane (1958)
The final curtain has fallen on the legendary 'A Great Day in Harlem' photograph. Sonny Rollins, the last surviving jazz...
Jackson Pollock and Jazz | Fats Waller / Lester Young / Louis Armstrong / Jimmy Yancey / Count Basie / Ornette Coleman
Hans Namuth, Jackson Pollock Painting, 1950 Jackson Pollock: Number 8, 1949 Hans Namuth, Jackson Pollock Painting, 1950 Fats Waller -...