Who do you think is the guy on the left?

[Hardbopjazz]

I know it is Max, Miles and Sonny. Any guess as to who the guy on the left might be?

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Clifford Brown?

[Simon8]

Oscar Pettiford?

[Kevin Bresnahan]

2 minutes ago, Simon8 said:

Oscar Pettiford?

Oscar's hairline looks to be further receded than the person in this picture though.

[Dan Gould]

My instinct is that Miles' open collar look puts it after Clifford's death.

[Dmitry]

Art Blakey

[mjzee]

Could it be George Morrow?

[Coda]

Cannonball Adderley at the Music Inn in Lenox, MA, on August 30, 1956?

[catesta]

Monk

[Hardbopjazz]

46 minutes ago, Coda said:

Cannonball Adderley at the Music Inn in Lenox, MA, on August 30, 1956?

48 minutes ago, mjzee said:

Could it be George Morrow?

 the pic was taken by Robert Parent at the Music Inn, Lenox, MA on August 30, 1956.  On the Face Book group more are saying Kenny Dorham, 

[Dan Gould]

Considering how young Miles looks (notice how I switched from later to earlier) how about Bird?

[brownie]

Wild guess...

 

KD ?!?

[felser]

Count me in for Clifford Brown.

[paul secor]

1 hour ago, Hardbopjazz said:

 the pic was taken by Robert Parent at the Music Inn, Lenox, MA on August 30, 1956.  On the Face Book group more are saying Kenny Dorham, 

If the photograph was taken on that date, Clifford Brown was no longer living. He died on June 26, 1956.

1 hour ago, felser said:

Count me in for Clifford Brown.

If the photograph was taken on August 30, 1956, Brownie was no longer living. He died on June 26, 1956.

[clifford_thornton]

Maybe he came back for a sec just to tease the guys.

I would believe KD.

[felser]

16 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said:

Maybe he came back for a sec just to tease the guys.

I would believe KD.

Missed that post on that date.  Here is KD 1956:

[Coda]

Taken from The Lenox School of Jazz by Jeremy Yudkin

There were two recordings made around the date of the photo.  The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn (Atlantic 1247), guest artist Jimmy Giuffre, recorded August 28, 1956 and The Concert at Music Inn (Atlantic 1298), recorded August 30th.

Other guests at the Inn at that time include Herbie Mann, Pee Wee Russell, Rex Stuart, Teddy Charles, Oscar Pettiford, Quincy Jones, Willie 'The Lion' Smith, Ray Brown, Dick Katz and George Wein.  There was also a panelist session with Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, & Dizzy Gillespie.  MJQ was in residency.

Funny, there's no mention of Miles.  

[paul secor]

2 hours ago, felser said:

Missed that post on that date.  Here is KD 1956:

With JR

[Chuck Nessa]

2 hours ago, felser said:

Missed that post on that date.  Here is KD 1956:

Yes, my old friend Frank Anthony Monterose Jr.

[JSngry]

Maybe it's just some guy.

[Chuck Nessa]

4 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Maybe it's just some guy.

Yup. anon has showed up for years in these photos. I think I knew him a while ago.

[Teasing the Korean]

Shecky Greene?

[Bill Nelson]

If Shecky, then it was prior to the beating he took in the parking lot.  As Shecky tells it, Frank Sinatra came to his rescue, telling the henchmen, "Okay fellas, that's enough." 

[Hardbopjazz]

3 hours ago, JSngry said:

Maybe it's just some guy.

You're could be right. It could be just someone. Who's the woman with her back to the photographer? She's overlooked.   

The photo was posted on a Facebook group run by Loren Schoenberg. The question was, "Does anyone know who is the guy on the left is?" It could by a non musician.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

11 hours ago, Hardbopjazz said:

You're could be right. It could be just someone. Who's the woman with her back to the photographer? She's overlooked.   

The photo was posted on a Facebook group run by Loren Schoenberg. The question was, "Does anyone know who is the guy on the left is?" It could by a non musician.

Didn't Melba Liston have short hair like that?