non-jazz album covers in the BN style, BUT...

[Eric]

Does everybody know what I mean, or do y'all just think I'm being silly here?

?????

That was my thought...but....???

my thought too ...

[JSngry]

Sorry for being obtuse. You never know what people have or haven't picked up yet, and I don't like to appear "condescending" (unless it's on purpose )

Anyway, there's a definite BN connection to the cover of THE BASEMENT TAPES!

Cover photo and design by Reid Miles!!!

After moving on from BN, Reid Miles became a very successful (and distinctive) commercial photographer. His trademark style was the opposite of his sparse BN style. "Crowded", often incongruous people and items jammed together to from a "real-time collage" became the order of the day, and THE BASEMENT TAPES cover is a classic example.

I learned all this from the husband of a friend of my wife's, who was himself a commercial photographer. I asked him who his favorite photographers were, and the name Reid Miles came up. When I mentioned that Miles was legendary for his BN work, this guy said that he had never heard of Blue Note, nor of Miles' work for the label. When I showed him some classic examples, he was kinda freaked out at the difference!

[Free For All]

Sorry for being obtuse.

We would never expect anything less from you, Jim. B-)

[John B]

[mikeweil]

Edited July 19, 2011 by mikeweil

[JSngry]

[clifford_thornton]

and a good record, to boot.

[Homefromtheforest]

Wow that's a band I havnt heard in ages! Used to have their first 3 records and saw them live around 1990!

[clifford_thornton]

I remember liking Effete and Impudent too but it's been a while.

[Dan Gould]