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Reid Miles
Reid Miles (July 4, 1927 – February 2, 1993) was an American graphic designer and photographer best known for his work for Blue Note Records in the 1950s and 1960s. Biography Reid Miles was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 4, 1927 but, following the Stock Market Crash and the separation of his parents, moved with his mother to Long Beach, California, in 1929.The Cover Art Of Blue Note Records by Graham Marsh and Glyn Callingham After high school Miles joined the Navy and, following his discharge, moved to Los Angeles to enroll at Chouinard Art Institute. After working in New York City in the early 1950s for John Hermansader and ''Esquire'' magazineRichard Cook ''Blue Note Records The Biography'', and Margaret Hockaday's advertising firm, Miles was hired in his own right around 1955 by Francis Wolff of the jazz record label Blue Note to design album covers when the label began releasing their recordings on 12" LPs. Miles designed over five hundred covers, frequently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graphic Designer
A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, printed, or electronic media, such as brochures and advertising. They are also sometimes responsible for typesetting, illustration, user interfaces. A core responsibility of the designer's job is to present information in a way that is both accessible and memorable. Qualifications Designers should be able to solve visual communication problems or challenges. In doing so, the designer must identify the communications issue, gather and analyze information related to the issue, and generate potential approaches aimed at solving the problem. Iterative prototyping and user testing can be used to determine the success or failure of a visual solution. Approaches to a communications problem are developed in the context of an audience and a me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empyrean Isles
''Empyrean Isles'' is the fourth studio album by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, recorded in 1964 for Blue Note Records. It features Hancock with his Miles Davis bandmates, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams, along with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. Recording and music The album was recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on June 17, 1964. Freddie Hubbard plays cornet rather than his typical trumpet. The four compositions are Hancock originals written over a two-year period. Release and reception ''Empyrean Isles'' was released by Blue Note Records. AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it "a record that officially established Hancock as a major artist in his own right." Track listing All compositions by Herbie Hancock Personnel *Herbie Hancock – piano *Freddie Hubbard – cornet *Ron Carter Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out To Lunch!
''Out to Lunch!'' is a 1964 album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy. His only recording on Blue Note as a leader, it was issued as BLP 4163 and BST 84163. Featuring Dolphy in a quintet with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Richard Davis and drummer Tony Williams, it was generally considered by critics as one of the finest albums issued on Blue Note, and widely viewed as one of the high points of 1960s avant-garde jazz. The album cover designed by Reid Miles features a photo of a "Will Be Back" sign displayed in a shop window showing a seven handed clock. Background Dolphy declared "Everyone's a leader in this session", and he was fortunate to be joined by four sympathetic musicians, three of whom had previously performed and recorded with him. Freddie Hubbard had roomed with Dolphy when they both first arrived in New York, and was featured on ''Outward Bound'' (1960), Dolphy's first album as a leader. Dolphy and Hubbard also appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sidewinder
''The Sidewinder'' is a 1964 album by the jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, U.S. It was released on the Blue Note label as BLP 4157 (mono) and BST 84157 ( stereo). The title track is perhaps Morgan's all-around best-known composition; it would go on to become a jazz standard, and was additionally released as a single,Cook, Richard (2004) ''Blue Note Records: The Biography'', Justin, Charles & Co., p. 182. reaching number 81 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in January 1965. The album became Blue Note's best-selling record ever, breaking the previous sales record and saving the label from near bankruptcy. Record producer Michael Cuscuna recalls the unexpected success: "the company issued only 4,000 copies upon release. Needless to say, they ran out of stock in three or four days. And 'The Sidewinder' became a runaway smash making the pop 100 charts." By January 1965, the album had reached No. 25 on the ''Billboard'' c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wizard Of The Vibes
''Wizard of the Vibes'' is a Blue Note Records compilation of performances by jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson. The sessions were the work of The Thelonious Monk Quintet (the July 2, 1948 and July 23, 1951 sessions) and The Modern Jazz Quartet plus Lou Donaldson (a 1952 session). The album has been recompiled and expanded three additional times, with various tracks from these sessions added and deleted. The tracks from the Modern Jazz Quartet plus Lou Donaldson consisted of John Lewis on piano, Percy Heath on bass, Kenny Clarke on drums, Milt Jackson on vibraphone, and Lou Donaldson on alto saxophone. The tracks with the Thelonious Monk Quintet were Thelonious Monk on piano, John Simmons on bass, Shadow Wilson on drums, and Milt Jackson on vibraphone—with Kenny "Pancho" Hagood singing on the tracks "All the Things You Are" and "I Should Care". The original 1952 10" LP was expanded to a 12" LP in 1956, and retitled ''Milt Jackson and the Thelonious Monk Quintet'' with a cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serenade To A Soul Sister
''Serenade to a Soul Sister'' is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1968, featuring performances by Silver with Charles Tolliver, Stanley Turrentine, Bennie Maupin, Bob Cranshaw, John Williams, Mickey Roker and Billy Cobham. The album was re-mastered, for the CD release in the 24-bit series, by Rudy Van Gelder, in 2004. Silver's guidelines to musical composition The album's liner notes include Silver's guidelines to musical composition: :a. Melodic Beauty :b. Meaningful Simplicity :c. Harmonic Beauty :d. Rhythm :e. Environmental, Hereditary, Regional, and Spiritual Influences Reception AllMusic writer Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "One of the last great Horace Silver albums for Blue Note, ''Serenade to a Soul Sister'' is also one of the pianist's most infectiously cheerful, good-humored outings... You'd never know this album was recorded in one of the most tumultuous years in American history, but as Silver says ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol
''The Amazing Bud Powell'', also called ''The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1'', is an album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, first released on Blue Note in April 1952, as a 10" vinyl. It is part of a loosely connected series with the 1954 companion '' The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2'' and the 1957 '' Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3)'', all released on Blue Note. The album details two recording sessions. In the first, recorded on August 9, 1949, Powell performed in quintet with Fats Navarro, Sonny Rollins, Tommy Potter and Roy Haynes, and in trio with Potter and Haynes. In the second, on May 1, 1951, Powell performed in trio with Curley Russell and Max Roach, and solo. The album is critically prized among Powell's releases. Among the more discussed of the album's tracks is the pianist's composition "Un Poco Loco" ("A Little Crazy"), which has been singled out by critics and cultural historians for its musical and cultural significance. The album was remastered and re-issued on CD in 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Night At Birdland Vol
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Blue (Kenny Burrell Album)
''Midnight Blue'' is a 1963 album by jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Major Holley on double bass, Bill English on drums and Ray Barretto on conga, and is one of Burrell's best-known works for Blue Note. '' Jazz Improv'' magazine lists the album among its top five recommended recordings for Burrell, indicating that " you need to know 'the Blue Note sound', here it is". In 2005, NPR included the album in its "Basic Jazz Library", describing it as "one of the great jazzy blues records".Horwitz, Murray. (April 1, 2005Kenny Burrell 'Midnight Blue'NPR. Accessed November 6, 2007. The album has been re-issued by Blue Note. The cover artwork of Elvis Costello's 1981 country album ''Almost Blue'' pays homage to the artwork of ''Midnight Blue''. Track listing ''Except where otherwise noted, all songs composed by Kenny Burrell.'' # "Chitlins con Carne" – 5:30 # "Mule" (Kenny Burrell, Major Holley Jr.) – 6:56 # "Soul Lament" – 2:43 # " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hub-Tones
''Hub-Tones'' is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard recorded on October 10, 1962, and released on the Blue Note label as BLP 4115 and BST 84115. It contains performances by Hubbard, James Spaulding, Herbie Hancock, Reggie Workman and Clifford Jarvis. The cover artwork was designed by Reid Miles with photography by Francis Wolff. Track listing ''All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated'' #"You're My Everything" (Mort Dixon, Harry Warren, and Joe Young) – 6:33 #"Prophet Jennings" – 5:31 #"Hub-Tones" – 8:24 #"Lament for Booker" – 9:39 #"For Spee's Sake" – 8:35 ;Compact Disc bonus tracks #"You're My Everything" (Alternate Take) – 6:30 #"Hub-Tones" (Alternate Take) – 8:00 #"For Spee's Sake" (Alternate Take) – 7:54 Personnel *Freddie Hubbard – trumpet *James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute *Herbie Hancock – piano *Reggie Workman – bass *Clifford Jarvis – drums See also The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hustlin' (album)
''Hustlin is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by Turrentine with Shirley Scott, Kenny Burrell, Bob Cranshaw, and Otis Finch. accessed January 6, 2010. Critical reception The review by awarded the album 4 stars and states "The Turrentine-Scott team never made an unworthy disc; all are easily recommended, including this one".Track listing # "Trouble (No. 2)" (Harold ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
