Chas Posted November 21, 2008 Report Posted November 21, 2008 Never-seen jazz photos and a whole lot more here : http://images.google.com/hosted/life Non-commercial use is unrestricted , but the images can't be hot-linked , so you'll have to host them yourself or use a third-party host if you want to post your favorites in this thread . Quote
Michael Weiss Posted November 21, 2008 Report Posted November 21, 2008 Never-seen jazz photos and a whole lot more here : http://images.google.com/hosted/life Non-commercial use is unrestricted , but the images can't be hot-linked , so you'll have to host them yourself or use a third-party host if you want to post your favorites in this thread . Wow. Lot o' shit here! Or as Danny Moore used to say, "That's some hellova shiat." Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted November 21, 2008 Report Posted November 21, 2008 Gen. Mark W. Clark watching the football game between the Citadel and Presbyterian College What's Gen. Clark really looking at? Quote
Matthew Posted November 22, 2008 Report Posted November 22, 2008 Gen. Mark W. Clark watching the football game between the Citadel and Presbyterian College What's Gen. Clark really looking at? Judging by what he did during the Italian campaign, he's looking for his brain.... Quote
Randy Twizzle Posted November 22, 2008 Report Posted November 22, 2008 Gen. Mark W. Clark watching the football game between the Citadel and Presbyterian College What's Gen. Clark really looking at? Judging by what he did during the Italian campaign, he's looking for his brain.... Or worrying about his upcoming appearance on What's My Line Quote
Chas Posted November 22, 2008 Author Report Posted November 22, 2008 Here are some photos from the archive I hadn't seen : Jess Stacy in 1944 Pee Wee Russell in 1944 Quote
Chas Posted November 22, 2008 Author Report Posted November 22, 2008 I like these as well... Clora Bryant at the Lighthouse in 1954 Shorty Rogers at Shelly Manne's house in 1954 Quote
Tom Storer Posted November 22, 2008 Report Posted November 22, 2008 Love that butterfly chair! We had a couple just like that when I was a little kid in the 60's. I wonder if you can still get them. Quote
Aggie87 Posted November 22, 2008 Report Posted November 22, 2008 Love that butterfly chair! We had a couple just like that when I was a little kid in the 60's. I wonder if you can still get them. They are still out there if you google (see here for instance, and they ship internationally). Quote
robviti Posted November 23, 2008 Report Posted November 23, 2008 it would be nice if some dedicated and knowledgeable individuals revised the titles of many of these photos by identifying the individual jazz musicians featured. imo, the caption "jazz players" seems somewhat disrespectful, as well as inadequate. Quote
Christiern Posted November 23, 2008 Report Posted November 23, 2008 (edited) It's a wonder that any jazz photos were left after Time-Life was drigged. He obviously got those great "Life Goes To A Party" shots w. Harry Lim, et al. There are some Goodman, Krupa, Hampton shots still there, but they are not a interesting. Edited November 23, 2008 by Christiern Quote
Dave James Posted November 23, 2008 Report Posted November 23, 2008 (edited) With regard to Mark Clark, he's clearly in the throes of something that was fairly common among the upper echelon of the American general staff at the time , a George Patton flashback. I'm way more curious about what that dude is up to in front of the bandstand in the Clora Bryant photograph. Up over and out. Edited November 23, 2008 by Dave James Quote
Christiern Posted November 23, 2008 Report Posted November 23, 2008 I think he just accidentally sat on one of Manne's drumsticks. Quote
brownie Posted November 25, 2008 Report Posted November 25, 2008 The Life Magazine archives are a goldmine! A lot of extraordinary material is included there. Like this one! http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?img...:life%26hl%3Dfr Who is the trombone player showing up next to Lester Young on this photo by Gjon Mili on the set of 'Jammin' the Blues'? Can't recall a mention of a trombone player on the credits to Mili's film. Quote
brownie Posted November 25, 2008 Report Posted November 25, 2008 Also Ava Gardner looking prettier than ever when sporting Dizzy's bop glasses and beret! http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?img...:life%26hl%3Dfr Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 25, 2008 Report Posted November 25, 2008 The Life Magazine archives are a goldmine! A lot of extraordinary material is included there. Like this one! http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?img...:life%26hl%3Dfr Who is the trombone player showing up next to Lester Young on this photo by Gjon Mili on the set of 'Jammin' the Blues'? Can't recall a mention of a trombone player on the credits to Mili's film. That's Dickie Wells. Quote
Christiern Posted November 26, 2008 Report Posted November 26, 2008 Apropos great photos online, I also recommend Shorpy. Be sure to click on "full view" to see the hi-res versions. Here are 3 more or less random samples: Calvin Coolidge w. boy scouts on the White House lawn in 1921 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, 1864 The Tennessee Troubadour, October 1935 - photo taken by Ben Shahn Quote
brownie Posted November 26, 2008 Report Posted November 26, 2008 Apropos great photos online, I also recommend Shorpy. Thanks for the recommendation, Chris. I have been to shorpy.com in the past. But I do have a very sentimental feeling for the archives of Life magazine. I spent hours at the American Library in Paris on the Place de l'Odéon when I was a teenager. The Library had a complete collection of Life magazines. I grew a passion for news photography there. The passion is still intact! The fact that the collection of Life images is now available so extensively on the internet is one of the best things I have seen on the web! Quote
brownie Posted November 26, 2008 Report Posted November 26, 2008 The Life Magazine archives are a goldmine! A lot of extraordinary material is included there. Like this one! http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?img...:life%26hl%3Dfr Who is the trombone player showing up next to Lester Young on this photo by Gjon Mili on the set of 'Jammin' the Blues'? Can't recall a mention of a trombone player on the credits to Mili's film. That's Dickie Wells. Dickie Wells, of course! Many thanks, Chuck, for enlightening me! Now tell me: where is the sound? Another unidentified musician... http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?img...:life%26hl%3Dfr Quote
Christiern Posted November 26, 2008 Report Posted November 26, 2008 Not jazz, but I stumbled upon this photo of my uncle (father's brother) while searching Life... Iceland UN delegate Kristian Albertson applauding enthusiastically after hearing Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower's speech to the UN. Location: Washington, DC, US Date taken: 1953 Quote
AllenLowe Posted November 26, 2008 Report Posted November 26, 2008 are you sure that's Dickie? I knew him pretty well in the 1970s (well, he had gained a lot of weight by then) - guess it could be, it's hard to tell from that angle - I hadn't realized he was on that shoot - Quote
AllenLowe Posted November 26, 2008 Report Posted November 26, 2008 still think it may not be Dickie - Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 26, 2008 Report Posted November 26, 2008 still think it may not be Dickie - Extra "unissued" material recorded for the film was issued in the '70s by Jerry Valburn on Jazz Archive. Wells plays on 2 tracks. Quote
AllenLowe Posted November 26, 2008 Report Posted November 26, 2008 gotcha - there's just something about that pic - also, I never saw Dickie wearing shades in any old pics - Quote
Chas Posted November 27, 2008 Author Report Posted November 27, 2008 Where and when were these taken ? : Quote
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