- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: Rizzoli (Sep 5 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0847857980
- ISBN-13: 978-0847857982
- Product Dimensions: 31 x 2 x 31 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.6 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,108,178 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Throughout his career, Turner has relentlessly pushed the medium of photography to achieve an extraordinary vision with an uncompromising thirst for bold color and composition. Yet Turner feels that "what really kept my name out there were these record covers." This book showcases 100 covers and their art in close to original size; many of the covers are rare and out-of-print, now collector's items, and connect to a who's who of musical legends—from Count Basie, John Coltrane, and Stan Getz, to Quincy Jones, Freddie Hubbard, and Steely Dan. Turner's covers set new standards for this medium and transformed albums into art objects, sought after both for the music they contain and the cover art they display.
About the Author
Pete Turner's award-winning photographs have appeared in National Geographic, Esquire, and Sports Illustrated among others, and have appeared at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Quincy Jones is a cultural icon, and the most nominated Grammy artist for his work as a musician and producer. Ashley Kahn is the author of A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album. Creed Taylor is legendary for his CTI label of the 1970s, and an important part of the music industry since the 1950s.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
The color of vibrancy,
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This review is from: The Color of Jazz (Hardcover)
In the sixties and seventies I bought some of the LPs featured in these pages and I can remember being mightily impressed with Pete Turner's stunning color work. I had seen some of this, during the sixties, in the Twen, the German magazine that specialized in powerful photography and graphics to illustrate features.Turner reveals in the book that A&M's Art Director Bob Ciano decided to treat the LP cover like a magazine spread and run the graphics across the front and back and I think this is why some of Turner's photos have such impact: stunning, very graphic color images frequently presented twenty-four inches wide. Shown in this kind of format no wonder his work is difficult to forget. I've looked through this book a lot and the work still impresses but I would query the connection to jazz. So many of these photos are surely interchangeable with many of the covers. On pages twenty-two and three there is the famous red giraffe as used on a Antonio Carlos Jobim LP, great photo which, when it was reissued four years later, ended up as a green giraffe because of a printers gaffe. Red or green it really doesn't matter and it could just have easily been on a cover for Wes Montgomery or Milt Jackson. I think Bill Claxton for Pacific and Contemporary records and especially Francis Wolff for Blue Note produced much stronger jazz cover photos. Pete Turner will probably be remembered best for his almost abstract photos that appeared on lots of LP covers. The book is well printed in 175 screen with a very clean and elegant layout and it's a suitable celebration for a photographer with a unique color style.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thanks Pete!,
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This review is from: The Color of Jazz (Hardcover)
This is great: all of the best Pete Turner jazz record covers in one place. Many of these covers I saw for the first time as new releases in record stores by some of the best jazz musicians around; Milt Jackson, Paul Desmond, Freddy Hubbard, Wes Montgomery and so many others. To have a compendium of them in one beautifully designed and superbly printed book is an event worth celebrating.The covers, by the confirmed master of color photography, Pete Turner, were always certain to grab my eye - and not let go. I don't know what I enjoyed more: looking at the covers or listening to the records. Fortunately it wasn't a mutually exclusive choice. It is these photographs that inspired me to choose a career as a photographer, the best career in existence. I have Pete Turner to thank for that.
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4.8 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews) 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Jazzy Sassy Color,
By Richard D. Zakia - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Color of Jazz (Hardcover)
Kudos for one of the finest books on color photography and album covers I have ever seen. The colors not only jump off the page, they are also mesmerizing and hold you captive. The reproductions of the photographs, I would guess, are as close to the originals as modern printing technology will permit. Throughout the book you will experience color as you never have before. Turner is a master of color and I think he is as joyfully possessed with it as was Paul Klee when he wrote "Colour possesses me. I don't have to pursue it...Colour and I are one". Turner's photographs are not only rich in color but also, rich in feeling.If you are a synesthete (a person who can see color and hear music) I would venture that you might actually hear jazz music emanating from the book as you turn the pages and look at the vibrant, highly saturated colors. The design of the book is without fault and the large 12 x 12 inch size provides a generous amount of space for both the album cover photographs and the commentary. Richard D. Zakia 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great!,
By R. J. F. Legdeur - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Color of Jazz (Hardcover)
This is a great book. A big book with clear pictures. I love the way Pete reviews his photos. He's a great artist!For me just one minor point. Some pictures are printed over two pages. This brakes the picture in two and is a little distraction because the book doesn't fold open all the way. But certainly value for the money, a recommendation! 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
The color of vibrancy,
By Robin Benson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Color of Jazz (Hardcover)
In the sixties and seventies I bought some of the LPs featured in these pages and I can remember being mightily impressed with Pete Turner's stunning color work. I had seen some of this, during the sixties, in Twen, the German magazine that specialized in powerful photography and graphics to illustrate features.Turner reveals in the book that A&M's Art Director Bob Ciano decided to treat the LP cover like a magazine spread and run the graphics across the front and back and I think this is why some of Turner's photos have such impact: stunning, very graphic color images frequently presented twenty-four inches wide. Shown in this kind of format no wonder his work is difficult to forget. I've looked through this book a lot and the work still impresses but I would query the connection to jazz. So many of these photos are surely interchangeable with many of the covers. On pages twenty-two and three there is the famous red giraffe as used on a Antonio Carlos Jobim LP, great photo which, when it was reissued four years later, ended up as a green giraffe because of a printers gaffe. Red or green it really doesn't matter and it could just have easily been on a cover for Wes Montgomery or Milt Jackson. I think Bill Claxton for Pacific and Contemporary records and especially Francis Wolff for Blue Note produced much stronger jazz cover photos because they photographed the musicians and then put them on LP covers. Pete Turner will probably be remembered best for his almost abstract photos that appeared on lots of LP covers. The book is well printed in 175 screen with a very clean and elegant layout and it's a suitable celebration for a photographer with a unique color style. ***FOR AN INSIDE LOOK click 'customer images' under the cover. |
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