Comments Off on Swing Hard With This Newport Jazz Festival 1955 Program
This one image, the cover for the program from the 1955 Newport Jazz Festival, pretty much sums up everything I love about the aesthetic of mid-century jazz in America. Notably, this was just the 2nd
Comments Off on Outstanding Poster Art: Modern Jazz for ’56
Sometimes I see a piece of pop art and just know it’s from the 1950s without knowing anything else about it. Such is the case with this phenomenal piece from 1956, advertising a concert called
Comments Off on Album Cover of the Week: Jonah Jones, I Dig Chicks
I Dig Chicks (Capitol Records ST/T 1193, 1959) is more properly billed to the Jonah Jones Quartet, but I’m not about to quibble. This cover is at once way too on the nose and supremely clever.