7/21/2006
Iconic Jazz Album Design
Larry Young - Unity
Miles Davis - On the Corner
Album cover art serves to illuminate and sell the packaged music. Often times it panders to the worst possible ideas. Often, these images can innovate. Below are four works that take aspects of the jazz aesthetic of their musicians and say something beyond the norm.
Larry Young - UnityMiles Davis - On the CornerGrant Green - Soundtrack to The Final Comedown
Thelonious Monk - Underground
Blue Note Records has released a book that highlights some other great selections.
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