Dmitry Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Let's add to the list. The two that come to mind immediately: Miles Davis - painting (I think he started in later years of his life). Tony Bennett - painting (not a fan of his pictures, but the man does who he wants) Roscoe Mitchell also paints. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-jazz-icon-roscoe-mitchell-painter-20230201-blplkdtp7nedzp2xlbqzvk6uia-story.html https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/roscoe-mitchells-kaleidoscopic-artwork/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tapscott Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 I believe Pee Wee Russell was a painter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 The great flautist Lloyd McNeill also studied with Pablo Picasso and won several photography awards. From his obituary: "McNeill published two volumes of poetry, including “Blackline: A Collection of Poems, Drawings, and Photographs,” and “After the Rain: A Collection of New Poems.” In 2001, he was chosen by the USPS to design a postage stamp for the celebration of Kwanzaa in 2009.". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 20 minutes ago, John Tapscott said: I believe Pee Wee Russell was a painter. As was his Chicago compatriot George Wettling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 (edited) Roscoe, yep! That book is tremendous. Also, Bill Dixon Richard "Dickie" Landry (an accomplished painter and photographer as well as saxophonist) Michael Snow (painter, sculptor, filmmaker, pianist, trumpeter) Marzette Watts (studied painting at the Sorbonne) Rob Mazurek Peter Brötzmann Peter Kowald Sven-Åke Johansson A.R. Penck (known more as a painter but also recorded prolifically as a drummer, keyboardist, and bassist) Alfred 23 Harth Rodrigo Amado (great photographer in addition to being a heck of tenor player). Vandermark is also an excellent photographer. Ornette Edited May 10, 2023 by clifford_thornton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Probably doesn't count - but Joni Mitchell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njtw Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Han Bennink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Muhal Richard Abrams Milford Graves (kinetic sculpture) also going the other way, referencing Penck above, there was the Artist's Jazz Band in Toronto (of which Snow was a member) and the Park Place Gallery jazz band (unrecorded 60s free jazz ensemble comprised of sculptors and painters associated with the gallery). yes to Bennink, thanks for the reminder. Also, Misha Mengelberg was loosely associated with Fluxus in its Amsterdam satellite. I don't know how much visual work he did (the ICP 002 maze was his, IIRC) but he was part of that scene in the mid-60s. Keith Rowe (not sure if you want to call him a jazz musician per se) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Peter Ind I seem to recall reading somewhere that Bob Thompson (painter) also played drums a bit. He was close with Steve Lacy, Archie Shepp, Ornette, Don Cherry, and others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 (edited) Tony Oxley Alan Davie, but probably the other way round Edited May 10, 2023 by mjazzg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon8 Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Gil Mellé Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 8 minutes ago, mjazzg said: Tony Oxley Alan Davie, but probably the other way round correct, thanks for the reminder about Davie. I have one of his prints actually. Mellé is cool. I don't know the size of his works, and wonder if any/how many were done outside the context of album design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Roscoe Mitchell paints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazztrain Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said: As was his Chicago compatriot George Wettling. Wettling studied with Stuart Davis. Wettling took art lessons from him and gave drum lessons to Stuart Davis in return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Shabaka Hutchings occasionally posts his artwork on his instagram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Kate Westbrook - and Mike as well I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 German jazz drummer Ralf Hübner was a painter. Guitarist Volker Kriegel, also cartoons and children's books, IIRC. What about Daniel Humair and Hans Koller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted May 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Simon8 said: Gil Mellé Great call! How could I've forgotten! He was a true Renaissance man. I think he was also a President of the American antique microscope collectors society, or something equally esoteric. This begs for an addendum: let's see the album covers featuring paintings, drawings, or sculpture (let's throw in the architecture also. After all it is one of the Great Arts) by jazz musicians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Ian Dury also trained in fine art (and did the cover art on my A B Spellman Book). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 (edited) Paul Dunmall not a jazz musician but Keith Rowe is a long time visual artist with much of his art on numerous AMM album covers as well as his own releases 3 minutes ago, Steve Reynolds said: Paul Dunmall not a jazz musician but Keith Rowe is a long time visual artist with much of his art on numerous AMM album covers as well as his own releases I noticed that Clifford had indeed mentioned Keith Rowe Edited May 10, 2023 by Steve Reynolds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Ivo Perelman Daniel Humair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Д.Д. Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Stretching the definition of a jazz musician, Frank Zappa used to paint when he was young: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 I'm amazed that he hasn't come up yet. And the excellent drummer George Wettling was also a painter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 Clarinetist Wally Fawkes and trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton - cartoonists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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