50 BUCKS AN ALBUM
THE WORK OF REID MILES
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IN 1956,
Blue Note employed Reid Miles, an
artist who worked for Esquire magazine. The cover art produced by
Miles, often featuring Wolff's photographs of musicians in the studio,
was as influential in the world of graphic design as the music within
would be in the world of jazz. Under Miles, Blue Note was known for
their striking and unusual album cover designs. Miles' graphical design
was distinguished by its tinted black and white photographs, creative
use of sans-serif typefaces, and restricted color palette (often black and
white with a single color), and frequent use of solid rectangular bands
of color or white, influenced by the Bauhaus school of design.
JAZZ WASHES AWAY THE DUST OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
― ART BLAKEY
Joe Henderson
Mode for Joe
Released 1966
John Coltrane
Blue Train
Released 1958
Kenny Burrel
Midnight Blue
Released 1963
Hank Mobley
No rooms for squares
Released 1964
Larry Young
Into Somethin'
Released 1965
Art Blakey
The Big Beat
Released 1960
Sonny Clark
Sonny Clark Trio
Released 1958
Eric Dolphy
'Out to Lunch!'
Released 1964
Jackie McLean
Let Freedom Ring
Released 1963
Kenny Drew
Undercurrent
Released 1961
Lee Morgan
Cornbread
Released 1967
Cannonball A.
Somethin' else
Released 1958
Horace Parlan
Happy Frame of Mind
Released 1963
Tina Brooks
True Blue
Released 1960
Dexter Gordon
A Swingin' Affair
Released 1964
Freddie Hubbard
Hub-tones
Released 1963
Kenny Dorham
Una mas
Released 1964
Art Blakey
Moanin'
Released 1959
Sonny Clark
Cool Struttin'
Released 1958
S. Turrentine
Hustlin'
Released 1965
Milt Jackson
Wizard of the Vibes
Released 1952
Herbie Hancock
Empyrean Isles
Released 1964
Dexter Gordon
Go
Released 1962
Donald Byrd
A New Perspective
Released 1964
Joe Henderson
In 'n Out
Released 1965