JAZZ - HODGSON, Jamie (photo.).

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Collection of 95 original photographs by the celebrated jazz photographer Jamie Hodgson. From the collection of Rolling Stones drummer and jazz aficionado Charlie Watts: a delightful and absorbing archive of largely unpublished photographs by Jamie Hodgson, an unsung hero of British jazz photography, capturing both the exuberance and inwardness of the music. Among the jazz greats pictured are Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and Louis Armstrong.Perhaps the stand out photographs here are two superb studio images of Strayhorn, one a memorable image showing him observing a goldfish in its bowl (used on the cover of David Hajdu's 1996 biography Lush Life but unattributed), another a delightful and unforgettable portrait of "Strays" lying on the studio floor, cigarette in hand, legs crossed, wine glass within reach, working on a score (marked in 12/8 time) with a quill pen and ink stand. A sequence of eight images focus on Louis Armstrong and date from 1956 through to 1970: one a particularly exuberant portrait of Pops sharing the limelight with Trummy Young (Barrett Deems at the kit). These were nearly all taken in concert, the exception being one marked "solo visit. Rehearsing with Norman del Mar, conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, at the Royal Festival Hall, for a concert in aid of the Hungarian Releif [sic] Fund. December 10th 1956". There are two fine shots of Dizzy Gillespie (both in tux in his dressing room, looking thoughtful)

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