And all that jazz: innovative album covers from the 1950s on in pictures

Publish date: 2024-01-05

In a new Taschen book Jazz Covers, a range of striking and colourful album artworks showcase a long-running relationship between the worlds of design and jazz music, from Archie Shepp to Duke Ellington

Main image: Archie Shepp, The Way Ahead, released on Impulse Records in 1968. Design by Robert and Barbara Flynn. Photograph: Taschen

Fri 16 Apr 2021 10.01 EDT Last modified on Wed 19 Oct 2022 11.01 EDT

Roy Ayers – Virgo Vibes
Released by Atlantic in 1967 with cover design from Haig A’Dishian and illustration from Dick Luppi
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Sarah Vaughan – The Explosive Side of ...
Released by Columbia in 1963
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Archie Shepp – The Way Ahead
Released by Impulse in 1968 with cover design from Robert & Barbara Flynn
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Four Freshmen – Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones
Released by Capitol in 1955
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Duke Ellington – Anatomy of a Murder
Released by Columbia in 1959 with cover design from Saul Bass and photography from Sam Leavitt
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Lee Morgan – The Rumproller
Released by Blue Note in 1966
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Donald Byrd – A New Perspective
Released by Blue Note in 1964 with cover design and photography from Reid Miles
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Fritz Pauer – Live at the Berlin ‘Jazz Galerie’
Released by MPS in 1978 with design from Heyqlow Kobayashi and illustration from Masakatsu Kobayashi
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Cal Tjader – Along Comes Cal
Released by Verve in 1967 with design from Lehman and cover art from Jo Grey and Marvin Hayes
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The Keith Tippett Group – Dedicated to You, But You Weren’t Listening
Released by Repertoire in 1971 with design from Roger & Martyn Dean
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Archie Shepp – The Magic of Ju-Ju
Released by Impulse in 1967 with design from Rogert & Barbara Flynn and photography from William E Levy
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