Yeah, me neither. While I know Coltrane, Basie and Getz, I never knew they were shot by Pete Turner, who I came across in an article in filter magazine. The photographer with the moody artist style has a new book out on the subject. His close-up style was new to a record world used to the typical high school portrait shot of smiling musicians.It’s also easy to loose sight of just how impactful Recordcoverart-o-saurus really was when compared to today’s CD labels only a third of the size. Worse, compare jewel case labels to the accompanying image in a typical iTunes download that’s maybe a quarter of that and you can see just how much impact is lost.
(His work is also in a current exhibition through early February at the George Eastman House museum after which it will go on tour.)
Tags: The Color of Jazz, Pete Turner
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I want to say that the last great album cover photo was London Calling but I could be talked into the multi-photo More Songs About Building & Food.
- Elvis Costello had a few good ones.
- Steely Dan’s Asia is right up there for me.
- James Brown had some graphic covers.
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