New Orleans Jazzlife 1960

Author(s): William Claxton

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This work is a loveletter to the birthplace of Jazz: New Orleans. It features highlights from William Claxton's "Jazzlife". New Orleans will never again appear as it does in these rare and stunning photographs by William Claxton taken for the book "Jazzlife" in 1960. While traveling around the United States with musicologist Joachim E. Berendt to record America's original art form, Claxton met and photographed the jazz personalities in every major and minor city, capturing these musicians in their natural environment. Among the most poignant and soulful photographs are these from the colorful melting pot of New Orleans, the city where jazz was born. Was $74.99, now at a special price of $34.99.

General Information

  • : 9783822811801
  • : Taschen GmbH
  • : Taschen GmbH
  • : 1.256
  • : October 2006
  • : 207mm X 289mm X 25mm
  • : Germany
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : William Claxton
  • : 192
  • : illustrations