#jazzlife

In "First There Was Music," the story of a Kansas farm boy unfolds as he navigates the challenges of 1950s America. Battling racial and sexual prejudice, this third-generation son of German immigrants rises above to earn an English degree, settle in San Francisco, and embrace his passion for jazz and writing.

New Orleans 1960

William Claxton

Joachim E.Berendt

Taschen, 2006, 192 pages, 21x29,20cm, ISBN 978-3-8228-1180-1

euro 28,00

A love letter to the birthplace of Jazz 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 US 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.

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