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Take Five – Candid Photos of Jazz Musicians

1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Hanging Out • 4685 Views • Comments Off on Take Five – Candid Photos of Jazz Musicians

Ever wondered what jazz legends like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Horace Silver and Nina Simone do during their downtime away from stage and studio? Well, ponder no longer.

We’ve been digging deep, really deep, to uncover images you’ve likely never seen before. Images that will give you a new perspective on those cool jazz cats and kittens as they relax in style and show us they’re just normal folk but with a bit more musical talent than us mere mortals.

 

 

Charlie Parker

 

 

Archie Shepp

 

 

Alfred Lion, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor, Ray Bryant, Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Clifford Jordan and John Jenkins 

 

 

 

Cannonball Adderley

 

 

Horace Silver

 

 

Charles Mingus, Yusef Lateef, Kenny Drew, Niels Henning and Orsted Pedersen

 

 

Nina Simone

 

 

 

Sonny Rollins

 

 

Quincy Jones and Sarah Vaughan

 

 

Thelonious Monk

 

 

Miles Davis

 

 

Donald Byrd

 

 

Billie Holliday

 

 

 

Dizzy Gillespie

 

 

Art Pepper and Elvin Jones

 

 

Sonny Clark and Thelonious Monk 

 

 

Dexter Gordon

 

 

 

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