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Jakob Magnusson: Special Treatment. Warner Bros. Records BSK 3324 [1979] Cover Art by Lou Beach https://myrtlebeachartmuseum.org/lou-beach/ https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/2005179-Lou-Beach

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Albert Einstein* Albert Beach Lou Beach** * „Einstein on the Beach“ by Phillip Glass ** born in Göttingen!

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Ronnie Laws Guilty Simpson Lawrence "Judge" Riley

Brötzmann / Uuskyla / Friis Nielsen: Live At Nefertiti. Ayler Records ayl CD-004 [Sweden 2001] Cover painting by Åke Bjurhamn https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Åke_Bjurhamn https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/1870329-Åke-Bjurhamn

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Steve Lacy Double Sextet: Clangs. hat ART CD 6116 [1993] Painting by Wassily Kandinsky 'Improvisation 9', 1910 https://www.wassilykandinsky.net/work-125.php

👍 … 'Im schwarzen Kreis/Dans le cercle noir/In the Black Circle', 1923 https://www.meisterdrucke.de/kunstdrucke/Wassily-Kandinsky/78509/Im-schwarzen-Kreis,-1923.html

Mary Stuart Ann Steuart Bob Stewart

Gil Blas Picaro Taro Paul Crook

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Bernard Peiffer: Piano Et Rythmes. Universal Music Jazz France 532 563-4 [France 2010]

Thanks for the reminder, jazzcorner … John Coltrane & Don Cherry: The Avant-Garde. Atlantic SD 1451 [1966] Cover painting by Abidin Dino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abidin_Dino

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Cookie Monster Kermit James Driscoll Waldren "Frog" Joseph

Pablo Held: Unity. HOPALIT 007 [Germany 2024] Cover artwork by Kilian Eng https://www.cookandbecker.com/en/biography/4/kilian-eng.html

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An interesting article in the context of this thread... Mischa van Kan: Modernism and Record Covers: Raising the Status of Jazz in Sweden. In: Cultural Sociology. Volume 16 Issue 2, June 2022 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17499755211052363 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356352505_Modernism_and_Record_Covers_Raising_the_Status_of_Jazz_in_Sweden

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Klimperei: Cirque Klimperei 1988-2022. Time Released Sound TRS113 [US 2024]

European Jazz All Stars: C'est Tout. Far East ETJ-65010 [Japan 1978] Recorded live at EXPO Theater in Osaka, August 18-19, 1970 On view: f.l.t.r.: John Surman (ss, bs), Albert Mangelsdorff (tb), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b), Daniel Humair (dr), Jean-Luc Ponty (v), Eddy Louiss (org) – not visible: Francy Boland (p), Karin Krog (voc)

Patricia Barber Joe LaBarbera Lori Barbero

Ressuage: Semelles De Fondation. Disques Bloc Thyristors vinyle 0090. [France 2011] Painting by Marc-Antoine Beaufils https://www.compagniedesoeillets.com/membres-adherent-e-s/adherents/193-marc-antoine-beaufils

Gladys Knight & the Pips Pippi Longstocking King Short Shirt