Blue Mitchell

[stef]

I need to get in touch with people involved with the Graffiti Blues record by Blue Mitchell, Mainstream records 1973.

I have been trying to get in contact with a Raymond Ross or Buddy Childers who were the photographers for the album art. I know de is on older gentlemen and with a lotof older artist is hard to reach ( I am not sure they are still alive either). I have tried to contact anyone at Mainstream records but am getting no where.

I understand tha Bob Shad daughter has taken over Mainstream but I need to know how to get in touch with her or anyone who would know anything abotu Raymond Ross and Buddy Childers.

Please let me know if you can direct me in anyway.

you can message me at Stefbodie@gmail.com

[Jim Alfredson]

One thread will suffice. I'm sure the members here will help if they can, there is no need to keep posting the same request in every forum.

[marcello]

I can add except that Ramond Ross has passed:

Paid Notice: Deaths

ROSS, RAYMOND

Published: October 12, 2004

ROSS--Raymond. On the evening of August 24, the photographer Raymond Ross, age 81, died in his home on Houston Street in Manhattan. The cause of death was complications from diabetes and asthma. For nearly 60 years, Ray Ross was a wellknown and widely admired figure in the New York downtown music scene. His intimate photographs document the flowering of Jazz, as he was one of the few to chronicle the transition from the big band sound of Duke Ellington to the Bebop era ushered in by John Coltrane and Miles Davis. His lifelong involvement with the downtown community kept him engaged with the avantgarde music and dance world he loved so dearly. He leaves behind over 20,000 photographs and a large community of artists, musicians and friends who know that Ray's adventurous spirit lives on in their own work. Born in New York City on February 10, 1924, Ray is survived by his friend and companion for many years Ellen Christi. His nephews David A. Ross of New York City, Mark R. Ross of Los Angeles, and Robert B. Ross of San Francisco will remember Ray as a man committed to his passion for music and photography. A memorial celebration for Ray will be held at St. Peter's at Lexington and 54th Street at 7 PM on Sunday, November 21.

BTW; it Buddy Chlids not Buddy Childers who did the liner photos.

Graffiti Blues

Edited March 4, 2008 by marcello

[JSngry]

Hasn't Buddy Childers passed away as well?

[paul secor]

Steve Hoffman did some work with the Bob Shad archives. Don't know how accessable he is. You'll probably have to deal with his "handlers".

[stef]

thank you this was all very helpful