Some Long-Lost Pictures

[jeffcrom]

I bought a cheap LP about a month ago - an album of traditional New Orleans jazz on the Crescent Jazz label, pressed on cool red vinyl. The band was Barry Martyn's Legends of Jazz, a slightly hyperbolic name, and the music was recorded in 1973. Well, bassist Ed Garland was kind of a legend, and Louis Nelson is one of my favorite New Orleans trombonists. Besides these two guys and Martyn on drums, the band included Andrew Blakeney on trumpet, Joe Darensbourg on clarinet, and Alton Purnell on piano.

I figured that the music was probably good, but not incredible, and didn't listen to the record until a couple of days ago. I was right - it's very enjoyable, but not spectacular. But as I listened, I found six snapshots stuck inside the jacket, apparently taken at the concert during which the original owner bought the album, probably in 1974. The pictures were kind of washed out, but I scanned them, tweaked the color and contrast, and did some cropping. They're still not great, but I thought they were worth sharing, since all of these guys except for Barry Martyn are now gone. Thanks to some anonymous music lover in 1974.

[colinmce]

Cool, I love when that happens. I've never got anything so personal but I did once find a red Beatles fanzine flexidisc in a Paul McCartney record. Also some clippings in used Cecil Taylor Barnabys and a nice Whitney Balliet profile on Claude Thornhill in that Columbia anthology.

[GA Russell]

Congrats Jeff! Thanks for posting those!

[jazzbo]

Thanks for posting those, a great discovery!

[AllenLowe]

If you haven't already, I recommend reading Darensbourg's autobiography,

[marcello]

I have to admit, that I do this sort of thing all of the time.

When someone inherits my collection, there's going to be a few surprises.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Hey! I found a photo of Houston Person live somewhere inside an LP a few years ago. It wasn't a Houston Person LP, strangely enough.

Nice photos, Jeff.

MG