Rooster_Ties Posted July 11, 2003 Report Posted July 11, 2003 I've recently joined a local board (for discussing Kansas City issues), specifically "city" issues - like development of the downtown and midtown core, mass transit, city infrastructure, etc... I've been using the following (the cover of Herbie's "Inventions and Dimensions") as my Avatar on that board, cuz it's very 'city'-like, and it still reads pretty well (as being 'city'-like) at only 80 x 80 pixels -- which is the maximum Avatar size-limit on their board. Can anyone suggest any cool jazz album covers (Blue Note, or otherwise) that would have some sort of 'city'-related theme to them, that still look cool when shrunk down that little???? Thanks!!! -- Rooster T. PS: I wanna project my interests in 'city' things, while also giving an "insider's clue" about my jazz interests. Thanks!!! PPS: Or, if you like, suggest any jazz album covers that still look cool at 80 x 80 pixels. Before I picked "Inventions and Dimensions", I briefly had Larry Young's "Unity", which also was good for a 'city' board that discusses, among other things, issues related to an entire metro area (Kansas City) that spans two states, and a city (Kansas City), that spans parts of 5 different counties. Quote
Use3D Posted July 11, 2003 Report Posted July 11, 2003 this coulda been in the rooster avatar thread already in progress. ps - I like the yellow one. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted July 11, 2003 Author Report Posted July 11, 2003 this coulda been in the rooster avatar thread already in progress. Woulda, coulda, shoulda... (Hindsight is always 20/20.) Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted July 11, 2003 Author Report Posted July 11, 2003 Very cool, Jim. Very cool... B) B) B) Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted July 11, 2003 Author Report Posted July 11, 2003 (edited) Very cool as well!! B) I'm definitely gonna use these in rotation on the KC board. Thanks a bunch!!! (And keep 'em comin'!!) By the way, I think that's the Mutual Musicians Foundation building on the cover of that album... http://www.umkc.edu/labor-ed/kclh/10.htm MUSICIANS LOCAL 627 1823 Highland Ave Pete Johnson and Dave E. Dexter, Jr. immortalized Local 627 in their 1940 song The 627 Stomp. The Mutual Musicians Foundation remains a center for the development of jazz, particularly the "Kansas City Style," one of America's distinctive art forms. Originally constructed in 1904 as an apartment flat, the building was purchased as a headquarters in 1928 by the former all-black Musicians Union Local 627. Musicians Local 627. The photo was taken in 1930 Many of the nation's leading jazz performers have been members of Local 627 and/or the Foundation. These include band leaders Bill "Count" Basie, Bennie Moten, Jay McShann and George F. Lee; singer Julia Lee; trumpeter "Hot Lips" Page; tenor saxophonists Dick Wilson, Hershel Evans and Lester Young; alto saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker; drummer Baby Lovett; and pianist Pete Johnson. The building and Local 627 are immortalized in the song "627 Stomp," an original boogie-woogie tune by jazz greats Pete Johnson and Big Joe Turner. Kansas City in the 1920s and 1930s became the western center of American jazz. The art form was simultaneously being perfected in New York City, New Orleans and Chicago. During the regime of political boss Thomas J. Pendergast, nightlife flourished in Kansas City during and after Prohibition. Large bands formed throughout the region and gravitated towards Kansas City, where nightclubs and dance spots remained open around-the-clock. The most famous clubs were the Reno, the Subway, the Sunset and the ballrooms El Paseo and El Torreon. The clubs nurtured jam-sessions, a Kansas City specialty, and jazzmen vied in contests of virtuosity. Today the union's building has become the Mutual Musicians Foundation ======================================= (You can see why I wasn't 100% that was the same building, given it's redress, sometime in the 40's (I would guess). Edited July 11, 2003 by Rooster_Ties Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted July 11, 2003 Report Posted July 11, 2003 Not the greatest scan, but I always liked the design of this: This one is cool too: or even better: Later, Kevin Quote
DrJ Posted July 11, 2003 Report Posted July 11, 2003 (edited) I've always loved this cover and photo, for some reason - the black and white, the simple font (which spells it out for us oh-so accurately!), the casual nature and fact Thad was captured away from the bandstand for a change of pace. Also really nice "NYC" feeling: Edited July 11, 2003 by DrJ Quote
catesta Posted July 11, 2003 Report Posted July 11, 2003 DrJ, right you are. I almost put that one up my damn self. John S, a fine choice. Quote
JSngry Posted July 11, 2003 Report Posted July 11, 2003 Cool Struttin'? You know, if you magnify that Thad cover something like 1000X, you can see Ruth Lion walking down the street getting shot for the COOL STRUTTIN' cover. They were both shot on the same day at the same time. Only in New York! Now, who wants 5 free Larry Young Mosaics? Quote
catesta Posted July 11, 2003 Report Posted July 11, 2003 I always thought this cover had a cool city vibe going on. Don't know how good of an avatar it would make though. Quote
Jim Dye Posted July 11, 2003 Report Posted July 11, 2003 (edited) Milt Jackson's The Jazz Skyline on Savoy. Edited July 11, 2003 by Jim Dye Quote
JSngry Posted July 11, 2003 Report Posted July 11, 2003 Are you old enough to remember the early days of TV when the opening titles of a show were superimposed over some stock footage because it was easy, cheap, and nobody knew any better? That's what that cover reminds me of. Woulda made a GREAT show, eh? Quote
DrJ Posted July 11, 2003 Report Posted July 11, 2003 (edited) JSngry  Posted: Jul 11 2003, 11:18 AM QUOTE (JohnS @ Jul 11 2003, 10:24 AM) Cool Struttin'? You know, if you magnify that Thad cover something like 1000X, you can see Ruth Lion walking down the street getting shot for the COOL STRUTTIN' cover. They were both shot on the same day at the same time. Only in New York! Now, who wants 5 free Larry Young Mosaics? Interesting! And if you were able to increase the resolution of the COOL STRUTTIN' cover photograph, you'd be able to make out Stanley Turrentine's reflection in that hubcap just in front of Ruth's leg...see, they were on a tight budget, so Stanley was crouching down just to the left of where the STRUTTIN' photo ends, as they were trying to get the "reflection in car chrome" type of effect later used on the front of his JOYRIDE album at the same time they were capturing Ruth's legs. Wolff hoped to crop the shot into two separate ones later, but it didn't come out so they had to reshoot Stanley and THAT was the shot used on the cover of JOYRIDE... Edited July 11, 2003 by DrJ Quote
Eric Posted July 12, 2003 Report Posted July 12, 2003 Rooster, Are you a member of the Urban Core? Seems like they would be right up your alley. Next mtg is 7/24 at 5:30 at the Rockhill Tennis Club. Call or email Marion Wheeler if you are interested: 816/822-8629 or marion.wheeler@kcurbancoregroup.org. Eric Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted July 12, 2003 Author Report Posted July 12, 2003 (edited) Hey Eric, what is "Urban Core"?? Afraid I'm not aware of that group - although it sounds like I should be!!! FYI, I live in the Westport area, near the K.U. Med Center (just south of the 39th Street district, and north of the "West Plaza" area). PS: I just went to www.kcurbancoregroup.org, and see that they are an organization that I should hook up with, for sure. Thanks for the tip!!! Edited July 12, 2003 by Rooster_Ties Quote
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