Jazz OOP which do not compromise the

which do not compromise the artist's individual vision for the sake of popular acceptance

her photographs serve as an able guide to truths that are better sensed than seen

drawing what is hidden to the surface

clothbound hardcover with dust jacket

as the hoop leaves bruises on her waist

Jazz OOP which do not compromise theEssay by Leonard Feather William Claxton's legendary JAZZ LIFE, published in Germany 1962, is long out of print. Twenty five years later, William Claxton re edited his photographs of the jazz greats during the 1950's. Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and all the rest are intimately recorded by this photographer. Included are Claxton's notes on each performer, remembering their friendships, performances and sometimes