Rooster_Ties Posted September 17, 2003 Report Posted September 17, 2003 (edited) OK, it’s clear to me from some other recent threads on this board, that a few of us here (not including myself, alas) have quite the touch for creating some really cool “faux” BN album covers. SOooo, I can't help but request that some of these skills be put to good use in creating some classic BN covers for albums that "might have / could have / should have" been on BN back in the day, but weren't. My requests are... Charles Tolliver - Paper Man (recorded in July of1968) with... Gary Bartz Herbie Hancock Ron Carter Joe Chambers Woody Shaw - Cassandranite (recorded in December of 1965) with Joe Henderson Larry Young / Herbie Hancock Ron Carter / Paul Chambers Joe Chambers First, let’s open the floor for suggestions for photos of Charles and Woody sometime in the 60’s, to start things off. Ideally the Tolliver picture would be in color (since it would be a cover from ‘68 or ‘69), and the picture for Woody could be either color or B&W, although I would think B&W could maybe be more appropriate – given the presumed timeframe of the release (circa ’65 or ’66) Edited September 18, 2003 by Rooster_Ties Quote
Joe Posted September 17, 2003 Report Posted September 17, 2003 (edited) As requested. Kind of a combo of Reid Miles' classic typography, the mid-60's BN approach to cover art utilizing color photos, and the LT series "minimalism" Jim Sangrey digs so much... With apologies to Ron Carter! Edited September 17, 2003 by Joe Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted September 17, 2003 Author Report Posted September 17, 2003 (edited) Very cool. Here's another couple to create "Blue Note"-ish covers for... Stanley Cowell - Brilliant Circles (Sept. 1969), with... Woody Shaw Tyrone Washington Bobby Hutcherson Joe Chambers Reggie Workman Since all these guys had recorded for Blue Note in the late 60's, though none of them got to lead their own sessions (except Tyrone). And also, how about... Bobby Timmons - The Soul Man! (Jan. 1966), with... Wayne Shorter Ron Carter Jimmy Cobb Edited September 17, 2003 by Rooster_Ties Quote
DrJ Posted September 17, 2003 Report Posted September 17, 2003 Hey, this is a neat idea, Rooster et al! Although I'm clueless about creating graphic art, so I'll just sit back and enjoy the ride...please, keep 'em coming! Quote
Free For All Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 Stanley Cowell - Brilliant Circles (Sept. 1969), with... Woody Shaw Tyrone Washington Bobby Hutcherson Joe Chambers Reggie Workman Hey, maybe if this becomes a Blue Note they'll RVG it and fix the crappy sound! Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted September 18, 2003 Author Report Posted September 18, 2003 Stanley Cowell - Brilliant Circles (Sept. 1969) Hey, maybe if this becomes a Blue Note they'll RVG it and fix the crappy sound! If only this could actually happen... Quote
mikeweil Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 (edited) I'll take liberties to post two covers designed by couw and posted in the obscure albums thread, of Blue Note sessions not released at the time: I think they're great, especially the first one, and I hope you don't mind John, but I think they belong here! Edited September 18, 2003 by mikeweil Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted September 18, 2003 Author Report Posted September 18, 2003 (edited) That "Brilliant Circles" cover is very cool!! OK, here's a radical idea..... What if Miles had been on Blue Note, starting in 1965with E.S.P., on up through Jack Johnson or so. I mean, at least in the case of the '65-'68 material, everybody in that band was a regular on Blue Note (except Miles), and even most of the '68-'71 Miles sidemen were found on various Blue Note albums, and even were leaders on several. SOoooo..... your next assignment, if you choose to accept it, is to visualize what some of the various Miles albums might have looked like on Blue Note starting with the 2nd great quintet (1965) on up to the early 70's. I know, I know -- I'm rewriting history. But this is fun (or at least I think it is), and I'm loving the output of all your Photoshop experts. And really, is it all that impossible to imagine Miles on Blue Note in the mid-to-late 60's??? PS: Nice typo, Jim. Edited September 18, 2003 by Rooster_Ties Quote
mikeweil Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 This is GREAT fun!!! Wish I had some time to spend learning to handle my graphics software, instead I'n sittin' here reading posts ... Quote
Templejazz Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 (edited) WOW! We need that Andrew Hill session !!!! Edited September 18, 2003 by Templejazz Quote
Jim Dye Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 The more I look at my Brilliant Circles mock-up, the more I realize that it doesn't look like a Blue Note cover. But, I really like it how it turned out. Glad you liked the typo, Rooster. I'm having a hard time imagining the Miles covers done differently, but I'm gonna keep on thinking. Wish I had Photoshop here at work! Quote
jazzbo Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 (edited) It IS hard to imagine Blue Note AFFORDING Miles in that time frame! Edited September 18, 2003 by jazzbo Quote
DrJ Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 MAN, many of these aren't just good, they're SUPERB! You guys are pretty talented. This has me thinking - I wonder if Cuscuna and/or others at Blue Note would be up for a "design the Connoisseur cover for a previously unissued session" contest? It couldn't hurt to ask... Quote
JSngry Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 Here's a twist - Larry Young's MOTHERSHIP as a CTI! Quote
Jim Dye Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 (edited) Here's a twist - Larry Young's MOTHERSHIP as a CTI! You forgot the eyeball. Edited September 18, 2003 by Jim Dye Quote
RDK Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 Those Andrew Hill covers are great! I wish I had the talent to contribute... Quote
JSngry Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 More like one of those Japanese King Blue Note LP covers, but here's SORCERER as a quasi-BN, replete w/the same cover model. Quote
AfricaBrass Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 This is a great thread! I've really been enjoying all your covers. Here's my Stanley Cowell - Brilliant Circles. I tried to do it as if it was Reid Miles in 1969 doing a 2-color cover. I hope you like it. :rsmile: Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted September 18, 2003 Author Report Posted September 18, 2003 Wow, AB - very cool, and very in keeping with the time that it was recorded. Wish I had the software and the tallent to contribute to this thread too -- but alas, all I can do is cheer everyone else on, and hope there are many more contributions. Quote
Jim Dye Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 Excellent, AB! That's really good. Quote
AfricaBrass Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 Thanks Rooster and Jim! I really liked your cover too, Jim! :rsmile: Quote
RDK Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 Wow! I've gotta figure out how to resize that and print it out for the cover of my Black Lion disc! Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted September 18, 2003 Author Report Posted September 18, 2003 Any other nominations for real albums that didn't happen to be recorded on BN, but with people/line-ups that are very plausibly "BN"-ish enough to merit having a homemade BN cover?? Like how about maybe... Charles Tolliver - The Ringer (June, 1969), with... Stanley Cowell Steve Novosel Jimmy Hopps And it seems like an album called "The Ringer" is just begging for a "visual pun"-infested cover, no?? Quote
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