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Joe WilliamsContemporary photographNp: np, late 1960s. Silver gelatin print. 14 x 11 in. Edges and corners lightly bumped. Minor spots to the outer edges of the print, but print is bright and clear.While Joe Williams began his career as a soloist, he was perhaps best known a big band singer, most notably with Count Basie's Orchestra. He appeared with the Orchestra in the films Jamboree and Cinderfella in 1960, which exposed him to a wider audience. After departing from Count Basie, he resumed his career as a soloist to success.

Joe Williams - Contemporary photograph

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Sonny StittContemporary photographNp: np, ca late 1960s. Silver gelatin print. 14 x 11 in. Print a little faded, minor wear and marks, corners slightly bumped.Stitt blowin' again, here just a tad older.

Sonny Stitt — Contemporary photograph

Gene AmmonsContemporary photographNp: np, ca late 1960s. Silver gelatin print. 14 x 11 in. Minor edgewear, short closed tear to right margin, verso with "Gene Ammons" in pencil in an unknown hand."Jug" blowin'. Ammons was one of the founders of the "Chicago school" of the tenor sax, and is perhaps the best-known exponent of this style of playing, which emphasized a big, warm tone and a relaxed style of playing. With Sonny Stitt, he was responsible for integrating this sound into bebop.

Gene Ammons — Contemporary photograph

Sonny Stitt and Gene AmmonsContemporary photographNp: np, ca late 1960s. Silver gelatin print. 14 x 11 in. Near fine condition, with very light wear along extremities.The "Lone Wolf" and "Jug" played together throughout their careers, and recorded the seminal album 1961 Boss Tenors together.

Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons — Contemporary photograph

Joe WilderContemporary photographNp: np, ca late 1960s. Silver gelatin print. 14 x 11 in. One corner lightly bumped, verso with "Joe Wilder" in pencil in an unknown hand.A very attractive portrait of the legendary trumpeter. Wilder performed with nearly every major figure in jazz history, an incomplete list including: Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Charles Mingus, Cab Calloway, Benny Carter, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Lena Horne, Quincy Jones, and John Lewis, and George Russell, and ...

Joe Wilder — Contemporary photograph

Monnette SudlerContemporary photographNp: np, ca late 1970s / early 1980s. Silver gelatin print. 14 x 11 in. Minor wear, upper corners lightly bumped.A striking studio portrait of the jazz guitar master, Monnette Sudler. By the time Sudler was fifteen, she could already play the piano, drums, and guitar, and was already beginning to compose and arrange. A pioneering musician, she was leading bands by her early 20s, and released her first album as bandleader, Time for a Change, when she was only 24 years old.

Monnette Sudler — Contemporary photograph

Freddie HubbardContemporary photographNp: np, ca late 1960s. Silver gelatin print. 14 x 11 in. Minor wear to extremities, verso with "Freddie Hubbard" in pencil in an unknown hand.An energetic photo of Freddie Hubbard on his trumpet. A singular talent with a unique sound, Hubbard was indispensable to the development of the genre. He replaced Lee Morgan in Art Blakey's Messengers, and went on to play on ten of their greatest records. By the late 1960s, he straddled the worlds of tonal jazz and the avant-garde New Music.

Freddie Hubbard — Contemporary photograph

Charles McPhersonContemporary photographNp: np, ca late 1960s. Silver gelatin print. 14 x 11 in. Minor edgewear, corners lightly bumped.Though a formidable bandleader and composer in his own right, saxophonist Charles McPherson is best known for his 14 years in Mingus' band. He appears on 16 Mingus records.

Charles McPherson — Contemporary photograph

Donald ByrdContemporary photographNp: np, ca late 1960s. Silver gelatin print. 14 x 11 in. Minor edgewear, lower wright corner bumped.Lively photo of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time. Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Joe Williams - Contemporary photograph

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