Simple Pleasures: Let’s Hear It! The Era Of The Jazz Legends

Simple Pleasures: Let’s Hear It! The Era Of The Jazz Legends

“If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.” — Louis Armstrong

 

Herb Ritts, Dizzy Gillespie 1, Paris, 1989, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Herb Ritts, Dizzy Gillespie 1, Paris, 1989, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Lisette Model, Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet , 1954-56
Lisette Model, Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet, 1954-56, Silver gelatin photograph
Herman Leonard, Dinah Washington, Newport, 1955, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Herman Leonard, Dinah Washington, Newport, 1955, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Robert Parent, Stan Getz, 1957, Silver gelatin photograph
Robert Parent, Stan Getz, 1957, Silver gelatin photograph
William Claxton, Carson Smith, Avery, Larry Bunker and Chet Baker, Silver gelatin photograph
William Claxton, Carson Smith, Avery, Larry Bunker and Chet Baker, Silver gelatin photograph
Herman Leonard, Pearl Bailey, Birdland, 1950, printed 1992, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Herman Leonard, Pearl Bailey, Birdland, 1950, printed 1992, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Norman Seeff, Tom Waits, Los Angeles, “Night Hawks”, 1975, Archival Pigment Photograph on Entrada Rag Paper
Norman Seeff, Tom Waits, Los Angeles, “Night Hawks”, 1975, Archival Pigment Photograph on Entrada Rag Paper
Allan Grant, Dizzy Gillespie "Bebop" King, 1954, Vintage silver gelatin photograph
Allan Grant, Dizzy Gillespie “Bebop” King, 1954, Vintage silver gelatin photograph
WiIl Blanche, J. J. Johnson, 1957, Silver gelatin photograph
WiIl Blanche, J. J. Johnson, 1957, Silver gelatin photograph
Gjon Mili, Sammy Davis, Jr. as "Sportin' Life" in "Porgy and Bess", 1958, Silver gelatin photograph
Gjon Mili, Sammy Davis, Jr. as “Sportin’ Life” in “Porgy and Bess”, 1958, Silver gelatin photograph
Bob Willoughby, Chet Baker, 1953, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Bob Willoughby, Chet Baker, 1953, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Unspecified Keystone Press Photographer, Ella Fitzgerald performing at ball in Munich, 1962, Early Silver Gelatin Photograph
Unspecified Keystone Press Photographer, Ella Fitzgerald performing at ball in Munich, 1962, Early Silver Gelatin Photograph
Herman Leonard, Nat King Cole, NYC, 1949, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Herman Leonard, Nat King Cole, NYC, 1949, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Keystone Press Agency, Miles Davis and Quincy Jones performing at Jazz festival in Switzerland, 1991, Early Silver Gelatin Photograph
Keystone Press Agency, Miles Davis and Quincy Jones performing at Jazz festival in Switzerland, 1991, Early Silver Gelatin Photograph
Herman Leonard, Billie Holiday, New York City, 1949, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Herman Leonard, Billie Holiday, New York City, 1949, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Simple Pleasures is an ongoing series curated by Holden Luntz Gallery, presenting a selection of our favorite pictures organized thematically.

We hope you find these photographs as a gentle reminder that there are always simple pleasures to be found.