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Celebrate the Red Garland Centennial ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿ’ฏ
๐Ÿ“ท Bill Spilka, c. 1957
"Garland's style was understated and harmonically sophisticated; he would delineate a melody, then shade it with distinctively voiced block chords and hints of counterpoint."
- Jon Pareles
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Esmond Edwards' great album cover for Red Garland's "Red in Bluesville", from 1959. Edwards took the photo, & designed the album as well.

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Esmond Edwards tells a great story about Red Garland's legendary tardiness.
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Jim Marshall's great photo of Miles Davis at Newman's Gym, San Francisco, 1971
"Don't hit me in the mouth, I gotta play tonight."
Miles wanted Red Garland for his Quintet (partly) because he had been a welterweight fighter who once fought Sugar Ray Robinson in an exhibition bout. Image
Red Garland is so great here: "It Never Entered My Mind", from the 1956 album Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis, trumpet
John Coltrane, tenor sax
Red Garland, piano
Paul Chambers, bass
Philly Joe Jones, drums

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Red Garland's 1979 album Equinox, with Richard Davis, bass & Roy Haynes, drums
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The fabulous cover portrait is by Phil Bray
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May 15
Celebrate the Richard Avedon Centennial ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿ’ฏ
๐Ÿ“ท Irving Penn, Vogue, August 23, 1993
"He was small, dark & electric with his own sort of vitality. Crackling. Sparks seem to fly out of him. He flashes his fingers like tiny rapid moths."
- Ginette Spanier Image
On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
Carson McCullers & Tennessee Williams, April 25, 1950
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On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
Buster Keaton, 1952
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May 15
I'm listening to Concerto Italiano play Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, in their 2005 recording under Rinaldo Alessandrini.
I've always loved the cover photo; it's by Julia Fullerton-Batten. I'll start a thread of some of my favourites of her photos here. ๐Ÿงต Image
Julia Fullerton-Batten
The Lady of Shalott, 2018 Image
... which is, of course, a reinterpretation of John Waterhouse's 1888 painting of Lord Tennyson's poem. Image
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May 14
Happy birthday Sofia Coppola ๐ŸŽ‚
๐Ÿ“ท Kate Barry
"Coppola is a true auteur โ€” a filmmaker with a distinct worldview and sensibility and a personal set of quasi-autobiographical interests."
- J. Hoberman Image
Sofia with her dad on the set of Godfather 2
๐Ÿ“ท Steve Schapiro, 1974 Image
The Coppola family by Ted Streshinsky, 1974
Eleanor & Francis Ford Coppola with their kids Sofia, Roman & Gian-Carlo Image
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May 13
Remembering Bea Arthur on her birthday ๐ŸŽ‚
๐Ÿ“ท Martin Mills, 1972
"Those of us working with her knew we were working with a golden comedic touch." - Norman Lear Image
Beatrice Arthur with Bill Callaway & Carl Ballantine in Bruce Jay Friedman & Richard Adler's musical A Mother's Kisses
๐Ÿ“ท Jack Mitchell, 1968 Image
Angela Lansbury & Beatrice Arthur in Mame
๐Ÿ“ท Friedman-Abeles, 1966
Arthur won the Best Featured Actress in a Musical Tony for her performance. She was Beatrice on the stage & Bea on TV. Image
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May 5
John Lennon & George Martin listen to playback, in a photo by Frank Hermann from 1967.
Here's a #playback thread ๐Ÿงต
I love the staring-into-space looks of the musicians, producers & engineers. Image
Gregor Piatigorsky listening to #playback of his Brahms sonatas
๐Ÿ“ท W. Eugene Smith, 1947
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Bruno Walter listening to playback at Columbia Studios
๐Ÿ“ท Dennis Stock, 1959
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May 4
David Crosby by Graham Nash, Sag Harbor, New York, 1968
"This is my favorite image of David that I"ve ever taken. Just look at those thought processes going on in his head." Image
Neil Young rehearsing for Dรฉja Vu at Stephen's House IV
๐Ÿ“ท Graham Nash, Studio City, Los Angeles, 1969
"When viewed closely, the bass string is vibrating." Image
Graham Nash
David & Neil, San Francisco, 1973
"I took this shot of David & Neil of my house on 731 Buena Vista Avenue West during sunset." Image
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