JAZZ COVERS

This volume features a broad selection of jazz record covers, from the1940s through the decline of LP production in the early 1990s. Each coveris accompanied by with a fact sheet listing performer and album name, artdirector, photographer, illustrator, year, label, and more. Specialfeatures for jazz lovers include a top-10 favorite records list by leadingjazz DJs King Britt, Michael McFadden, Gilles Peterson, Andre Torres, andRainer Trüby, as well as interviews with legendary jazz personalities RudyVan Gelder (sound engineer that recorded for many labels such as Blue Note,Impulse!, and Prestige), Creed Taylor (founder of many labels and one ofthe best jazz producers ever, credited also for bringing bossa nova to theUS and fusing it with jazz), Michael Cuscuna (Blue Note jazz producer andcatalogue researcher, responsible for its most successful re-editions),Bob Ciano (designer at the CTI Label, founded in the '70s by Creed Taylor,and one of the greatest cover designers ever), and Ashley Kahn (writer,critic, and journalist for jazz whose books include A Love Supreme, Kindof Blue, and The House That Trane Built).